UED:福斯特事务所创办至今已接近半个世纪,您是否仍记得第一个项目?继此之后事务所又是如何发展的?诺曼·福斯特:1967年,当温迪和我创建福斯特协会时,项目十分难求,为了在国外寻求更好的机遇,我们差点离开英国。最终,我们诉诸传统建筑师鲜少参与的工业区设计而得以生存下去,不与建筑师竞争而是和项目承包商竞争。第一个项目是在东伦敦港区 UED: Foster’s firm was founded nearly half a century ago, do you still remember the first project? How has the firm developed since then? Norman Foster: In 1967, when Wendy and I When creating Foster’s Association, the project was hard to find and we almost left the UK in search of better opportunities abroad. In the end, we survived by resorting to the design of industrial complexes where traditional architects rarely participated, not competing with architects but competing with project contractors. The first project is in East London Docklands