"Mr. Liu, this is Mr. Wu Chen, deputy chief architect of Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd."

In the Kowloon era, 'Wu Qian', who was recruited by Liu Yichen to be a young man, brought a middle-aged man to the office.

"Dr. Wu Chen, this is our founder and chairman of Kowloon Times, Liu Yichen!" Wu Qian introduced.

Liu Yichen took the initiative to stand up and shook hands with the middle-aged man, then boiled water to make tea.

After a design bidding process, he finally chose Wu Chen's design plan, so today the two met to exchange opinions.

Wu Chen is a master in the field of architecture. He graduated with a doctorate in urban planning from the School of Architecture, Shuimu University in 2000. He is a British Royal Chartered Architect, a British Registered Architect, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), a visiting professor, and an associate professor of Biad.

The chief architect is the first researcher in the country to start urban revitalization theory. He is known in the industry as "an architectural master who is good at architecture and good at thinking."

Liu Yichen made a cup of tea for the other party and said with a smile: "Dr. Wu is very famous in the industry. You proposed to 'be wary of the spread of colonialism and conscious colonialism in architectural culture, and do not let our country become a testing ground for foreign architects'."

Views such as 'Be wary of colonialism in architecture and reject the pan-fashioning of architecture' have triggered heated debates in the industry and the public media. I checked the news yesterday and the media listed your views as conservative, but

Your educational experience and current workplace all have overseas backgrounds. I’m curious why there is such a big contrast?”

"My achievements are not worth mentioning in front of you." Wu Chen said quickly, lowering his attitude very low, and then explained seriously: "Actually, I don't express those opinions on purpose, nor am I

That kind of 'sharp-edged' person, not to mention a sensationalist!"

"I personally think that people in society should be like buildings. They should not be so out of place and have to do or say some unique behaviors and remarks. They should integrate into the mainstream of society as a whole and do their jobs properly.

Life."

"However, I also believe that people should be free to live, work, and think. I believe that people's hearts are free, so that they can have academic freedom and freedom of opinion. But the current facts and social trends really make you

I can’t help but want to say something, I think this is a kind of pursuit of freedom.”

"The other reason is that I hope that some voices can draw public attention to architecture, so that people can have a correct architectural awareness, and at the same time, let people understand that the quality of architecture must be verified in the context of the general environment and history, not just

It’s just some people’s pursuit and hype.”

Liu Yichen listened carefully to what the other party said and couldn't help but nodded. Indeed, some places in China blindly imitate to gain attention. He had also read a foreign report before, saying that you can see the Egyptian pyramids at the same time in the mainland.

, the Sphinx, the Eiffel Tower and other buildings that represent foreign iconic cultures.

Very disappointing indeed.

"I support learning from Western masters and introducing advanced Western concepts and technologies, but I believe that an open mind cannot be at the expense of destroying a nation's cultural traditions. Perhaps it is my overseas education experience and work background that make me more clear

To form this view. If you insist on classifying my views as conservative, then I would rather become a conservative, and I would feel it is an honor." Liu Yichen said with a smile.

"I have been studying your design plan for a few days. It is a fusion of Chinese and Western, and the West is used for China. This concept is very good. I don't think that China is inferior to the West in terms of garden landscape and architecture, but I may need to tell you about my

Regarding some thoughts and plans for 'Hua Xia Jiulong University', if you think it is suitable, you can adopt it, if you think it is not suitable, you can reject it," Liu Yichen said.

This meeting was the first time for both parties to meet and understand each other, and at the same time, it was also a briefing on the concepts of ‘Hua Xia Kowloon University’.

"My initial idea is that the 'Hua Xia Kowloon University' will cover an area of ​​20,000 acres. Of course, it is not limited to the land area. If it is not enough, we can propose and requisition the land." Liu Yichen said that he did not want to be restricted when designing.

In this place of 20,000 acres.

Liu Yichen unfolded the master plan, which was taken through aerial photography. It is not accurate to say that the master plan is a survey map.

"In the future, universities will be divided into two parts, one is the undergraduate part, and the other is the postgraduate part, that is, the master's degree and the doctoral degree. The university is a comprehensive university and is research-oriented. Teaching and research are integrated and separated...

"Liu Yichen discussed his future plans for the university, including the establishment of departments, laboratories and laboratory standards to be built, the number of undergraduates and graduate students, the number and arrangement of teachers, etc.

"By the way, Dr. Wu, Narcissus Port belongs to the typhoon belt, and 2 to 6 typhoons land almost every year. Not only must we consider the seismic design here, but we must also consider the impact of typhoons," Liu Yichen said.

"Professor Liu, you are making a big deal this time!" Wu Chen was amazed after listening to Liu Yichen's introduction: "If you follow your plan, without considering equipment and instruments, and the construction investment alone, I am afraid that the cost will be more than 10 billion, or even double that.

Pandu may not be able to stop it."

According to Liu Yichen's idea, the university's full professor school arranges a villa. Even based on the cost price, a three-story villa costs about 1 million, and 1,000 villas cost 1 billion. There are also apartments for associate professors and lecturers.

As many as 9,000 such apartments would cost billions to build.

In addition, there are 5,000 undergraduate students in one class. Calculated over four years, the university has 20,000 students in four classes. The graduate program has a scale of 15,000 people. The graduate students are provided with single apartments. The cost of building the student dormitory alone is in the billions.

In other words, the housing portion alone is almost 10 billion.

"Dr. Wu, I will solve the money problem. You don't have to consider the cost, you just need to complete the design." Liu Yichen said with a smile.

For such a large school, he actually didn't know how much it would cost, but it didn't matter, he had enough money to build such a university.

At noon, Liu Yichen invited Wu Chen and his group to have a meal at the canteen of Kowloon Times, and in the afternoon he took them to visit the site.

In fact, when making design plans before, these designers went to the site in person, and everyone took aerial photography, and then designed and made a design plan based on that.

Of course, what Liu Yichen is interested in is the style of the design plan, rather than directly taking the design plan as the final design. After all, those design plans are based on 20,000 acres of land and a cost of 10 billion. It is not known how much Liu Yichen will set up.

A department.

"The laboratories are all in accordance with the standards of the world's top laboratories!" Liu Yichen said solemnly: "Many of them will be national key laboratories in the future, and their safety and confidentiality levels must be very high."

Although he hasn't decided yet, it doesn't stop him from arranging the laboratory first.

Following the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, 'Chinese Kowloon University' has also established the Kowloon Institute for Advanced Study. By then, the researchers at the Kowloon Institute for Advanced Study will be engaged in the purest cutting-edge research and will not be subject to any teaching assignments, research funds or sponsors.

pressure, but rely on the purest research.

The Kowloon Institute for Advanced Study will have four major schools: the School of Mathematics, the School of Natural Sciences, the School of Historical Research, and the School of Social Sciences. Anyone who can enter this school will undoubtedly be a world-class scholar.

The laboratory, on the other hand, will engage in various basic and sophisticated experimental research. Naturally, in order to attract outstanding talents, he will build the laboratory into the world's top one.

The world's top laboratories are composed of three parts, one is the building part of the laboratory, the other part is the equipment part of the laboratory, and the last part is the top researchers.

Wu Chen was secretly surprised. He could already imagine that this 'Chinese Kowloon University' was simply heading towards a top university, and the funds required for such a university were astronomical.

"Professor Liu is truly the purest scholar who spared no expense to build such a top university!" Wu Chen sighed with emotion.

"These four beaches will all be owned by the school when the time comes, and marine entertainment facilities can be considered. The beach next to the Kowloon Times headquarters, although it is owned by the Kowloon Times, will be shared by the school by then." Liu Yichen said.

The reason why I chose this location is because there are four pretty good beaches in this area, and they belong to the open sea and the endless sea. Although some of the deeper beaches in the middle are interrupted and do not form a single beach, there is no doubt that the beach area is quite large and the natural beach is

Comfortable enough.

The entire coastline is 12 kilometers long. In Liu Yichen's idea, the entire coastline forms a coastal leisure landscape where people can have fun, swim in the sea, surf, and bask in the sun on the beach.

By then, when asked about the most beautiful schools in China every year, it is estimated that 'Hua Xia Kowloon University' will be at the top of the list.

The entire coastline is not a single line, but presents four arc shapes with four raised cliffs, which can be used as scenic spots for watching the sunrise or fishing.

Liu Yichen took Wu Chen's design team to the site all afternoon, and in the evening he treated them to a meal at a nearby seafood stall.

"Dr. Wu, everything will be left to you next. I hope you will work hard and be attentive. I believe it will be your design business card in the future." Liu Yichen said very solemnly.

Starting tomorrow, Wu Chen's design team will officially enter the design work. They need to come up with a new design plan within 3 months and then submit it to the design supervisor for review. At that time, the cost of the entire project will also be determined.

will come out.
Chapter completed!