The Exhibition
Part 1: The City as Metabolism – 城市的新陈代谢
A city’s metabolism is the sum of countless physical and chemical processes that comprise its pavement and parks, rivers and runways, trucks and trees, lawns and landfills. They breathe in and out, just as we do. Cities are born, and cities can die.
一个城市的新陈代谢是由城市的各个元素所发生的不计其数的物理化学反应所构成的,这些元素包括街道和公园,河流和道路,车辆和树木,草坪和垃圾场,它们如同我们一样呼吸着。城市可以诞生,也可以灭亡。
Part 2: Cities’ Liquid Assets: Water – 城市的液态财富:水
Water is the lifeblood of cities, nourishing not just us, but all that lives. Water keeps cities cool, provides a sanctuary, transports wastes, and grows food. Even when we don’t see it — when pipes, sewers, and streams run hidden from view — water provides these gifts, without pause, day and night.
水是城市的生命源泉,不仅滋养着我们,也滋养着万物。水能够使城市保持凉爽,提供洁净的庇护所,疏通废弃物,促进作物生长。即使在我们无法看到地方,在管道,下水道,地下水渠里,水仍然在润泽万物,不分昼夜,从不停歇。
Part 3: Why Cities Need Nature – 为什么城市需要自然环境
When birds and butterflies cannot survive in a city, it is a bad sign for humans. It means the basic ingredients for life — clean air and water, and a diversity of life — is threatened. It means we have despoiled our natural world, crippling its ability to filter air and water, fend off pests, pollinate flowers, moderate temperatures, and perform dozens of other “services” upon which we rely daily.
当鸟儿和蝴蝶不能在城市生存的时候,对于人类而言,这是一个不利的征兆。它意味着维持生命所必需的元素--洁净的空气和水,以及生物的多样性都受到了威胁。这意味着我们已经破坏了我们的自然环境,破坏了它的净化系统,这套系统功能包括净化空气和水,抵御害虫,传授花粉,调节气温以及其他数十种我们每天生存所依赖的 “功能”。
Part 4: Nature as Model & Mentor – 大自然是城市的模范和导师
Cities have a lot to learn from nature: how it produces its own food, uses only energy from the sun, provides heating and cooling, protects itself to severe weather, and generally creates conditions conducive to life. Nature can teach us how to design buildings that require no air conditioning, even in hot climates. It can teach us how to clean water without harsh chemicals. It can teach us how to live abundantly while creating zero waste.
城市有许多需要向大自然学习的地方。比如,自然界是如何生产自己的食物的;在恶劣的天气下,大自然利用来自太阳的能量,通过加热和冷却来保护自己,并为生物提供有利于生长的条件;自然界能教会我们如何设计出适应炎热天气的建筑,而不需要任何空调设备;自然界能教会我们如何不使用任何化学物品来净化水;自然界还能教会我们如何富饶的生活而不造成任何的浪费。
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