法国利摩日音乐厅

The Concert Hall in Limoges, located in the center of France, returns to the general envelope concept already explored in Rouen, but transforms it through a new material strategy. If, as we have suggested, architecture is the materialization of a concept, what if the concept remains the same, but the material changes? We decided to explore the implications of such a transformation with a new variation on a familiar program.     

《驴与狗》

<正>A washer man had a donkey and a dog. Both the donkey and the dog helped his master in many ways. One night, a few thieves broke in the house of that washer man. The dog heard them and started barking. The washer man got up and so did the neighbors."What is that? A dog. Let us run," said the thieves. They feared it would be dangerous. By that time, many people gathered1in the street. They tried to run away but they were caught by the people.有一个洗衣工养了一头驴和一只狗,这头驴和这只狗对于主人来说都大有用处。一天晚     

Editor's Note

<正>In an urban society,where more people live in cities,more wealth is materialized in cities,and cities take a dominant role in socio-economic development,urban safety has become a critical issue for the sustainable development of cities.It concerns not only the safety of man in front of the risks of natural and manmade disasters in a simple sense,but also the interaction between nature and man to reduce the happening frequency and actual damage of natural disasters in a profound     

狗为什么喜欢吃骨头?

<正>We were having a picnic in the park the other day when we overheard an interesting conversation between two dogs:日前我们在公园野餐,无意中听到两只狗之间有趣的对话:Dog 1:Hey Charlie! What have you got there? Is that a t-bone?狗1:嘿,查理!你到那里去了?这是丁字牛排吗?Dog 2:What's up, George? Yeah, it's a t-bone. You want to chew on it?狗2:怎么了,乔治?是的,是丁字牛排。你想吃吗?     

Medium-Deep or Very Deep Disposal of Highly Radioactive Waste？

Commonly proposed concepts, like KBS-3V, for disposal of highly radioactive waste imply construction at medium depth （400-600 m） in granitic rock, which is excellent for constructing a stable repository. VDH （very deep boreholes） represent an altemative concept with the advantage that the rock is much less permeable and that the very salt, heavy groundwater is stagnant. Both require engineered barriers in the form of canisters and waste-embedding clay but for somewhat different purposes. Canisters are the most important waste-isolating barriers for KBS-3V but are less important for VDH. The waste-embedding clay is needed for preserving the KBS-3V canisters by being tight and ductile, but plays a minor role for the VDH. The backfilled deposition tunnels in a KBS-3V repository provide very limited hindrance of radionuclides to move to the biosphere while the clay seals of VDH effectively prevent possibly released radionuclides to reach up to the biosphere. Comparison of the KBS-3V and VDH concepts indicates that the last mentioned one has several advantages but that certain issues remain to be worked on for becoming a number one candidate.     

快乐的鞋匠

<正>Once there lived a rich businessman and a poor shoemaker in the same house.The busi nessman lived the second floor,but the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor.从前,有一位富商和一个穷鞋匠住在同一栋房子里。商人住在二楼,而鞋匠只在一楼的     

The Sharp Increase of the Urban Floating Population A new problem faced by our big cities

The sharp increase of the floating popu-lation in the cities is a new phenomenonbrought about by the implementation of thepolicy of reform and opening to the outsideworld.It has vitalized the urban economy,but also created new demands for and pres-sure on the city planning,construction andmanagement and become a new problem forthe cities,especially for the big cities in their     

French Visions

Architecture and the city are two major constituents of human development which, today more than ever, have to be present in the long-term. The Year of France in China is, for the first time, the occasion to present to the Chinese public a vision of the contemporary French architectural production, not only in France but also in China.     

读书

<正>建筑自然环境的复苏:空气,舒适,气候The Recovery of Natural Environments in Architecture:Air,Comfort,Climate作者:查尔斯·艾伦·肖特/C.Alan Short出版:Routledge,2017Naturally responsive buildings enrich the history of vernacular architecture and show how peoples worldwide have dealt with all types of climate to ensure human comfort and health.There has been a danger that all this can get lost in the rapidly changing technological world.Alan Short is the ideal person to demonstrate how we can make"a recovery"which he demonstrates vividly in the many case studies he discusses in great detail throughout this book.Ideal because he is a research architect who has an innovative practice but also works     

On area-specific underground research laboratory for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in China

Underground research laboratories （URLs）, including ＂generic URLs＂ and ＂site-specific URLs＂, are un- derground facilities in which characterisation, testing, technology development, and/or demonstration activities are carried out in support of the development of geological repositories for high-level radioactive waste （HLW） disposal. In addition to the generic URL and site-specific URL, a concept of ＂areaspecific URL＂, or the third type of URL, is proposed in this paper. It is referred to as the facility that is built at a site within an area that is considered as a potential area for HLW repository or built at a place near the future repository site, and may be regarded as a precursor to the development of a repository at the site. It acts as a ＂generic URL＂, but also acts as a ＂site-specific URL＂ to some extent. Considering the current situation in China, the most suitable option is to build an ＂area-specific URL＂ in Beishan area, the first priority region for China＇s high-level waste repository. With this strategy, the goal to build China＇s URL by 2020 mav be achieved, but the time left is limited.