多年后,再次回味这一面试过程,我有了更深的体悟:建筑要供人使用,就必先要认识人,才能为人办好事,而人类学、社会学及心理学等都是“人”的学问。从点到面,从门到墙,从地面到地下,从社区到城市……只要与人生活有关,莫不是建筑学的范畴。我曾三次申请入读加拿大哥伦比亚大学建筑学院,均告失败。1979年7月,我第四次申请,在入学面试环节,面试我的是建筑学院主任Chuck Tier,他问我为何如此坚持,我答:“我对建筑很有兴趣,很想当个建 Years later, I recalled the interview process again and I had a deeper understanding that if buildings were to be used for human use, people would have to know people before they could do good for them. Anthropology, sociology and psychology were all people ”Knowledge. From the point to the surface, from the door to the wall, from the ground to the underground, from the community to the city ... ... as long as the people’s lives, it is not the category of architecture. I have applied for admission to the School of Architecture at Columbia University three times and have failed. In July 1979, I applied for the fourth time. During interview, I interviewed Chuck Tier, director of the School of Architecture. He asked me why I insisted so. I replied, "I am very interested in architecture and I really want to build it.