国外设计师在国内的设计作品遭受争议已不是个例，比如库哈斯的“大裤衩”。这不，上海的网红购物中心“天安千树”又被质疑。这个由Heatherwick Studio设计的、在上百个露台上栽种了20000余颗高低错落绿植、被趣称为“古巴比伦空中花园”的鬼才神作，是一时心血，还是千树千年？
本期视频，您会看到，纽约帕森斯设计学院时装学院前院长、耐克亚洲奇前创意总监Simon Collins（西蒙·柯林斯）毫不留情地质问道：请诚实地回答我，栽种的理由是什么？
Any architects. I don't care what your vision is. What we care about is does the building work? They say we've got 1 thousand trees. Well, no, you haven't. You got about 800.
There's a building in Shanghai called a thousand Trees, and they say we've got 1 thousand trees. Well, no, you haven't. You got about 800. And they're on top of great big concrete platforms. So in fact, it's completely unsustainable, completely ungreen. it's the opposite of that. So don't tell me it's a sustainable building because you claim there are 1,000 trees on it.
Any architects. I don't care what your vision is. We don't care about your vision. What we care about is does the building work? Does it actually do what it's supposed to do? Can I do in it what I'm supposed to do in it? And I'm afraid too often the answer is no, you can't. The architect's vision is intact and it's in his portfolio, but actually it doesn't really work. So make sure whatever you create actually works. If you're building a bridge, make it work. You're building a park, make it apart that people can go in. You're putting 1,000 trees on a building. Put 1,000 trees on a building but have a reason why they're there.
Be honest. Just be honest. Like tell the truth.
urban emotion, that's what we gotta create. You gotta create passion.
Make it work. Don't show it. Do it and try it before you buy it.
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建筑师们，我不在乎你们的理念是什么，我们关心的是这座建筑是否实用？他们说这里有一千棵树。不是的，你们没有，你们大约只有八百棵。
有一座位于上海的建筑，被称为“千树”，他们说我们有一千棵树。不是的，你们没有，你们大约只有八百棵，而且它们都位于巨大的混凝土平台上。所以实际上，这是完全不可持续的、完全不环保的，它与环保完全相反。所以，别告诉我这是一座可持续的建筑，就因为你们声称上面有一千棵树。
建筑师们，我不在乎你们的理念是什么，我们不关心你们的理念，我们关心的是这座建筑是否实用？它是否真的做到了它应该做的事情？我能否在其中做我应该做的事情？
恐怕很多时候答案是不，你不能。
建筑师的理念在他的作品集里是完整无缺的，但实际上它并不真正好用，所以确保你们创造的任何东西都是实用的。如果你在建一座桥，就让它好用；如果你在建一个公园，就让它成为人们可以去的地方；如果你想在一座建筑上放一千棵树，没问题，但要有放它们在那里的理由……
要诚实，就是诚实，就像说实话一样。
我们要创造的是城市情感，你得创造激情，让它运作起来，而不只是展示它，在创造之前要先去做，先去尝试。
「识途」从「城市蕾好」的科普精髓中孕育而生，是对城市探索旅程的深化与延伸。作为原栏目衍生的子系列，我们将继续沿着城乡与社会发展的轨迹前行，通过专访深入触达不同行业和领域，洞察智慧城市运营的每一环节，结合“人、地、财、产、政、文、技、数”城市发展的八大要素，探寻现在正在发生的，以及未来可能发生的。
如果城市是书，漫步便是阅读的艺术。在「识途」中，我们不仅仅是在漫步，每一期节目都将通过专访中的一瞥，带你窥见那些各个行业领军人物、专家学者的城市足迹，深入讨论他们的专业知识，以及对城市高质量发展运营的洞察与远见，和大家一同阅读，一同识途。
