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Jiang Yinqi finished asking, sat down awkwardly, stared at Zhou Feng without blinking, to see how she would answer.Jiang Yinqi was not waiting for an answer, but an answer.She knew about the research on ant nests, and humans basically didn't find the answer.

Zhou Feng pondered for a while before answering.

"This is a complex question, in fact, far beyond pure architecture, and it is not even an architectural question. It involves biology, entomology, and philosophy. I don't have the ability to answer it accurately. We You can try to discuss it."

"First of all, the two analogies in your question are debatable. Ants and humans, ant nests and buildings. Ants are social insects, and humans are primate mammals. They have completely different behaviors and survival modes, and there is no simple analogy. As for ants A cave would be more aptly compared to a human city than to a human building."

Jiang Yinqi's urgency disappeared a lot in an instant.She vaguely felt that the question she asked might be flawed.

"The building behavior of social insects is probably just an instinct, not a design. From an evolutionary point of view, they spontaneously evolved to be very powerful and have complex and sophisticated physical and social structures. But it took millions of years for ants Time did it. They reached it 5000 million years ago and haven't gone beyond it. Ants' evolution is primitive and static."

"Humans are completely different. After the invention of language, it took humans only 1 years to evolve from hunting and gathering to farming, and what is even more surprising is that it took only 1 years to evolve cities. This It is the power of language. Human beings have uniquely evolved on earth the most precious and mysterious quality of life, which is consciousness, and with it contemplation and conscience. Human beings thus have the concept of the future, have the ability to plan, think ahead and build Powerful capabilities for future challenges and scenarios. This remarkable evolutionary achievement is new to Earth."

"As for whether we are better adapted to life than ants, this is a matter of opinion. Ants are an extremely efficient, stable and powerful species. They must have existed for a much longer time than humans. After humans are extinct, ants can still continue to exist. .But, no matter what, when it comes to the quality of life and the meaning of existence, human beings are above all else.”

Zhou Feng talked to Jiang Yinqi almost the whole time, and answered very seriously.

"This is just my idea, everyone can continue to discuss." Having said this, Zhou Feng's eyes turned to others.

Jiang Yinqi is not happy anymore, she doesn't want to lose Zhou Feng's attention, she is like a child holding ice cream in her hand, for fear of being snatched away by others.

"If an ant nest can't be compared to a building, then we can change it to a bird's nest, right? There are snails, too? It should be said that many animals can create extremely exquisite nests." Jiang Yinqi asked .She is on the bar, not because she thinks that humans are really bad, but because she just wants to defend her original point of view.

Zhou Feng's attention was drawn back, and Jiang Yinqi felt happy.She just likes to see Zhou Feng talking to her seriously.

Zhou Feng would pause before speaking. Serious people would think it through before speaking.

"Bird's nest and snail, you have chosen two very good houses for animals. It is very enlightening for us to think about the concept of home architecture, and it is worth discussing. From the perspective of architecture, I do not agree with praising the shell on the back of the bird's nest and snail. I think that is a kind of literary exaggeration. The biggest characteristic of literature is to express wonder in an exaggerated way."

"Most of the bird's nests are not exquisite, and many of them are built hastily and hastily. The greater significance of the bird's nest lies in people's interpretation of it, and it is a lot of human expectations for a house. Birds do not have any construction tools. Bring all kinds of building materials, such as grass, twigs, etc. The female bird squeezes repeatedly with her body and her chest. They keep turning around and pushing outward from all angles, so the nests are all circles. Is this construction process worthy of consideration by our architects? The bird’s nest is a space built from the inside out, and the boundary of the bird’s nest is shaped by its own body. The home we are looking forward to is exactly the nest of our body, which is measured for us A custom-made house."

Jiang Yinqi liked this statement so much, she nodded repeatedly.Now she began to expect Zhou Feng to continue talking.She thought Zhou Feng was going to talk about snails.The result is not, Zhou Feng is still talking about the bird's nest.

"We can also think about bird's nests from another angle. Bird's nests often perch on high tree branches and are hidden. It is difficult for us to find a bird's nest that is in use. When we can easily see it, most of the time it is a bird. The nest is empty. All these characteristics clearly show the strong femininity of the bird's nest. In addition, the bird's nest is actually temporary, but we compare the bird's nest to our dream of a safe home. This contradiction reflects exactly Out of some kind of predicament of human beings."

When Zhou Feng talked about the plight of people, he stopped.

Only then did Jiang Yinqi realize that there was always a buzzing sound in the classroom, and everyone was whispering below, each talking about their own gossip.As mentioned earlier, Zhou Feng's lectures are rich in content, but they are not so able to attract everyone's attention.A brilliant argument belied her flat tone.Her habit of always speaking to the questioner made others feel ignored.

Jiang Yinqi wasn't bothered by this at all, but secretly pleased.She has the satisfaction of owning the treasure.She waited for Zhou Feng to continue talking about snails.But she found that Zhou Feng raised his hand and glanced at his watch.That was the era when everyone still had the habit of wearing a watch.Jiang Yinqi also glanced at it, seeing that it was time for get out of class to end.She raised her head eagerly, for fear that Zhou Feng would stop.

"Time is running out. Let me briefly talk about the thoughts that snails bring to us. Snails walk with their own shells on their backs and are sung into songs romantically by us. What is it that humans sigh about? Snail shells follow their masters The family house that grew up together, and, moreover, the house that can only be lived alone forever. After experiencing the over-inflated dream, we return to this simple house, a small house that can only be lived alone. This is what we love A recognition, even a longing, of solitude."

Zhou Feng's eyes were covered with mist again, it seemed that she was not talking to Jiang Yinqi, but talking to herself.

When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Zhou Feng said the final epilogue, "Snails let us experience the dignity of living alone, and let us rethink the value of loneliness."

When Zhou Feng was tidying up the podium, Jiang Yinqi quickly squeezed to her side, "Teacher Zhou, I still have a question."

Zhou Feng replied unceremoniously without raising his head, "I still have something to do. If I have any questions, I will ask them in the next class."