简介:设计论谈:目前,中国社会和中国建筑设计领域对外国建筑师在中国的实践项目和成功案例展开了热烈的讨论。荧于这方面的讨论,您作为外国建筑师有何耳闻,如果有,您有何看法?
简介:Ithasbeen50yearssinceChinaInstituteofInternationalStudies(CIIS)wasfounded.LookingbackonCIIS’s50yearsoftwistsandturnsandcelebratingitsaccomplishments,IcannothelpthinkingofZhangWentian,founderoftheinstituteandpioneerininternationalstudiesofNewChina.
简介:Notlongago,aseriesofnewimagesforthemajorcharactersinthefilmJourneytotheWest(《西游记》)designedbyZhangJizhong(张纪中)wasmadeknowntothepublic.AccordingtoMr.Zhang,SunWukong(孙悟空)wouldappearintheformofahumanbeinginsteadofamonkey;TangSeng(唐僧)wouldlooklikeamasculinemaninsteadofahandsomeyoungman;andZhuBajie(猪八戒)wouldbeawildboar(野猪)insteadofadomesticpig.Suchimages,whicharetotallydifferentfromthetraditionalones,havecausedagreatshock.
简介:TheemergenceofZhangHeng’sseismoscopehasaprofoundhistoricalbackground.ThispaperintendstoexploretheformationandmaterialbasisofZhangHeng’sscientificthought.Itappearsthatthesimpleintentionof"observingvisionsanddistinguishinggoodfortuneormisfortune"washismotivationtodeveloptheseismoscope.Tracingitshistoricalbackground,theauthorsproposedinthispaperthatthedevelopmentofthisseismoscopestartedaround128A.D.,andbasedonperceptualknowledge,twoideasaboutearthquakescameintobeing,i.e.,earthquakelocationcouldbejudgedaccordingtotheinstrumentshakingdirection,andtheearthquakeandearthsplitwereessentiallydifferent.Intheinstrumentmanufacture,ZhangHengadvocatedaprincipleof"makingutensilstoimitatecosmos".Bythisprinciple,thefollowingthreeproblemswerereadilysolved:theseismoscopeimitatedtheresponseofthesuspensionsystemtoearthquakes(i.e.naturalseismoscope).Technically,thetriggermechanismofthelatchwasusedforreference,anditrecordedthephysicalevidenceofearthquakeoccurrencebyaningeniouswayofaballdroppingfromadragon’smouth.Thesolutionofthesethreekeyproblemsleadtotheemergenceoftheseismoscopein132A.D.andthesuccessfuldetectionofanearthquakein134A.D.Hisinventiondeepenedhumanity’sknowledgeofnaturallaws,andpromotedthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyinthattimeandlater.