许多时候,建筑的历史是许多乌托邦项目碎片的重组,而“让世界变得更美好”是这些项目天真而执着的向往。然而建筑师常常会忘记,这些数不清的物质姿态,是在混乱无序、不可控制、“非理论化”的日常生活背景下展开的。要将普世信条缠绕进现实情境里,就跟任何一场十字军东征一样,勇气可嘉,胜负难料。对完美的“现代性”的追求,影响了20世纪亚洲城市的发展历史。当崛起于现代主义时期的北美城市已经开始走向衰退时,中国的城市却争先恐后地要打造更高、更快、 Many times the history of architecture is a reorganization of many utopian project fragments, and “making the world a better place” is a naive and persistent desire for these projects. However, architects often forget that these innumerable material gestures are carried out in the context of daily life that is chaotic, uncontrollable, and “non-theorized.” To wrap the universal creed into reality, just like any crusade, has the courage to win. The quest for a perfect “modernity” has affected the history of Asian cities in the 20th century. While the North American cities that emerged in the era of modernism have begun to decline, the Chinese cities are scrambling to build higher, faster,