This year marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Feng Jizhong (1915-2009), a renowned architect, architect, and architectural educator, and a key figure in the development of modern Chinese architecture. Feng Jizhong's only daughter, Feng Ye, recently donated a collection of his academic archives to the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University and gave an exclusive interview to *ArtSurge* magazine, recounting her memories of her gentle father and her adoptive father—the art master Lin Fengmian.
"He is the best father in the world." This sentence seems to sum it all up. In Feng Ye's memory, her father, Feng Jizhong, always possessed two qualities: one was the rigor of an architect, and the other was the gentleness of a father. And what she mentioned most was the latter.
Feng Ye also remained connected with Lin Fengmian in his later years—she accompanied her adoptive father Lin Fengmian through the last 13 years of his life, and her narration also contained her remembrance and reminiscence of Lin Fengmian.
[Summary]
00:01:37 Before going to study in Vienna, Feng Jizhong's mother made only one request.
00:04:34 Feng Jizhong is also a Peking Opera "expert"
00:07:50 Mid-1970 Beijing State Guesthouse plan, intended for parking lot design (the podcast mentions the 1980s, this is an error).
00:12:03 Discussing the design of Wuhan Medical College
00:13:48 Visiting He Lou Xuan in Songjiang amidst heavy snow
00:18:08 Each building in Fangta Park has a "support" beneath it, representing the apple of their eye.
00:19:19 The "building" built by her father that had the deepest influence on Feng Ye
00:25:42 Feng Jizhong and I.M. Pei were classmates at St. John's School and were both inspired by László Hudec's architecture.
00:30:27 In his later years, Feng Jizhong was invited to serve as a judge for the construction plan of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, demonstrating the architect's serious and down-to-earth approach.
00:35:15 The relationship between Feng Jizhong and Chen Congzhou
00:36:37 Tongji University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning establishes the "Feng Jizhong Research Studio"
00:40:06 Overall Planning Scheme for Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui
00:42:58 Focus on the preservation of Shanghai's old city in the 1980s
00:50:25 How Feng Jizhong teaches at Tongji University
00:52:55 How Xi Suhua, the mother, learned painting from Lin Fengmian
01:03:34 Lin Fengmian is in the detention center, and only Feng Jizhong is allowed to visit him.
01:04:30 Lin Fengmian writes a letter, Feng Ye goes to Hong Kong
