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半半 BangBang

希臘哲學家齊諾:

  「一隻箭要射到一個目標,它必需先飛過前一半的距離,但要飛完前一半又需先飛過前四分之一的距離,要飛完前四分之一又需先飛過前八分之一的距離等等。

因此這種一半又一半的過程是永無止盡的。於是他說,這隻箭就永遠無法離弓了。」

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  According to Greek philosopher Zeno, a shooting arrow must fly halfway before it reaches its destination, and to reach halfway, it must fly a quarter of the way; before a quarter, there’s a one-eighth; and so on. That is, the process contains an infinite numbers of half ways , meaning that the arrow could never leave the bow.

我們亦在這一半的距離中,而這一半又是哪個一半中的一半?二分之一的一半?四分之一的一半?八分之一的一半?我們不知道,但能夠確定的是 – 我們在前進,企圖抵達那個目標。

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  Likewise, we are halfway on our paths, but of the whole joinery, what exact stages are we at? Is it a half, a quarter ,or an one-eighth? We don’t know, but we are certain that we are moving forward to reach our goals.

「一半的睡眠、一半的清醒;

  一半的咖啡、一半的水;

  一半空氣、一半的菸。」

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“Half asleep, half awake.

A half is coffee, a half is water.

A half is air, the other half is smoke.”

凌晨時分,腦袋沉沉的。

  拿起剛買的咖啡抿了一口,嘗到一半咖啡的苦澀中有一半牛奶的香醇、一半的香醇中又是一半剛醒時口腔裡的乾澀。左手拿著咖啡右手拿著菸,深吸一口氣,吸進一半的空氣與一半的菸、一半的菸內是一半的雨水潮味、一半的潮中又是一半的噴膠氣息。

  漸漸恢復一半的清醒,清醒在一半的迷茫中。

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       It’s late at night before dawn and my head feels heavy.

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  I take a sip of the coffee I just bought. It’s half bitter and half milky-mellow with a half of an astringent taste due to my sleepiness. I hold the coffee with my left hand while a cigarette on my right one. I deeply inhale half the air and smoke, half of which is the moldy smell of the rain containing half of the odor that comes from airbrushes.

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  I’m gradually half sober off my other half of haziness.

我在淡江建築系館。

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       I’m in the architecture department of Tamkang University.

「比例、角度、透明度。」

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     "Scale, angle, transparency."

1/50的圖,我們看到細部;進入1/50的圖之前需要先進入1/100的圖,我們看到空間;進入1/100的圖之前需要先進入1/200的圖,我們看到配置;進入1/200的圖之前需要先進入1/500的圖,我們看到都市。這種過程是永無止盡的,但在這之中我們找尋各自的建築。

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     From a 1/500 map, we can see the city; from a 1/200 map, we can see the site; from a 1/100 one, we can see the spaces, and from a 1/50 map, we can see the details. This process never ceases which we can find our own buildings in.

一個三角形要成為一個圓形,它需要將各個線段折成一半,形成一個六邊形;再將六邊形個個線段折成一半,形成一個十二邊形;再將十二邊形個個線段折成一半,形成一個二十四邊形。這種過程是永無止盡的,但在這之中我們找尋各自的語彙。

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     To transform a triangle into a circle, each line segment needs to be folded in half to form a hexagon; then fold all the hexagonal line segments in half to form a dodecagon. After that, fold all line segments in half again to form a twenty-four-sided polygon. This process is endless in which we search for our own vocabulary.

若想要完全私密的空間,則需要完全不透明度的介面;若想要溫煦陽光的進入,則需要半透明的介面;若想要直接與外界接觸,則需要完全透明的介面。這種過程是永無止盡的,但在這之中我們找尋彼此之間的關係。

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     For completely private spaces, completely opaque interface is indispensible; to let the warm sunshine pour in, translucent interface is needed; to contact directly with the outside world, we need fully transparent one. This process is incessant, while in this we figure out the relationship between each other.

我在淡江建築系。

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I’m studying Architecture at Tamkang University.

假設所有的物件由有限個極小,看不見的小部分所組成。在這假定之下,要把一個圓分成相等的兩半是不可能的,因為圓心必需屬於其中一半,但這就與兩半相等的條件相違背。

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        Suppose all objects are composed by a limited number of tiny, invisible parts. Under this assumption, it is impossible to divide a circle into equal halves, because the center of a circle must belong to one half, which violates the premise that two halves are equal.

因此,

  「建築就是一半的建築與一半的不建築。」

  「畢業設計就是一半的建築與一半的_ _ _。」

  「畢業展覽就是一半的我們與一半的你們。」

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   Thus,

  "Buildings are half architecture and half not."

  "Graduation project is half architecture and half _ _ _."

  "Graduation exhibition is a half of us and a half of you."

這種過程是永無止盡的,但在這之中我們又前進了一半的距離。

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     This process continues forever in which we have proceeded another half.

我在淡江建築系畢展 – 半半。

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     I’m in the thesis design exhibition of Tamkang University, Dept. of Architecture——Half of Half.

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