Cheng Gong's office is the one at the end of the third floor. The office is not big, but there is a lot of stuff in it. Even so, it looks well organized and not messy. In addition to the map of Shanghai, there is a huge plan that occupies one wall. The wooden shelves next to the desk are piled up with rolled up white paper.

Ankang didn't know what those blank papers were, but after Lin Mushuang read them, she told Ankang: "There are a lot of design drawings." ”

Lin Mushuang turned to Cheng Gong again and said, "Uncle Cheng, no wonder you are so good at painting, it turns out that you are a designer." ”

Cheng Gong smiled and said, "You finally see it." Yes, I'm an architect. Aren't you learning gouache painting right now? It just so happens that I also have a gouache that I drew myself. ”

As he spoke, Cheng Gong took out a roll from the pile of white paper on the wooden shelf, spread it on the drawing board and unfolded it.

This is a blueprint for a tall building with a glass curtain wall. The painting is so realistic that An Kang was very surprised to see it. If it weren't for Cheng Gong saying that he painted the gouache, Ankang would almost have thought it was a color photo.

"Which building is this? How have I never seen it. Ankang asked. The world's main high-rise buildings are still impressive. If you compare the buildings on this picture with the size of people and cars on the road, I am afraid that they are comparable to the Empire State Building in the United States.

"It's not a building. It's my own imagination. ”

"Can you draw everything so realistically?" The well-being is incredible.

Lin Mushuang said: "Of course. That's why Uncle Cheng is a designer. Designers are all about drawing something through imagination before it takes shape. If that thing already exists, then what else is designed? ”

Of course, Ankang understands this truth. It was only when a building imagined entirely by the mind came to life that he understood the power of art.

Ankang once fantasized about how great it would be if the people, objects, and scenes in his mind or dreams could be turned into a photo. It's a pity that he fantasized about so many things, and it didn't take long for them to forget all of them. Now it seems that the process in front of him has the ability to turn decay into magic and fantasy into reality.

An Kang sighed to himself that he didn't have this natural potential, but when he looked at his cousin Lin Mushuang again, his eyes were completely different from before. With my cousin's current level of hard work, the master of the ready-to-wear store and the vision of this engineer, my cousin will also have the ability to turn stones into gold on the road of art or design in the future.

For the gouache painting painted by Cheng Gong, An Kang looked at the effect, and Lin Mushuang looked at the technique.

Lin Mushuang got closer and looked at it carefully for a long time and said, "It turns out that gouache can really paint the effect of oil painting." The reflection of this glass is so well drawn. ”

Cheng Gong said: "No, no, this is far from the effect of oil painting." The three-dimensional effect of gouache is indeed much stronger than that of watercolor. Although I draw on a flat piece of paper, I have a texture and a feeling of protruding from the paper. ”

This picture made Lin Mushuang even more determined to learn gouache well.

In this small design studio, Lin Mushuang looked east and west. Although she is very interested in art, this is the first time she has come to this kind of studio. Although the master in her father's shop also had some attainments in art and design, the environment where he worked was particularly chaotic and depressing. Although the master is not very old, he learned the art from the old master back then, and the method of teaching Lin Mushuang is also the same old.

Now I see that Cheng Gong's studio is a transparent and bright feeling, and the method of Cheng Gong's teaching is also transparent and bright, which is entertaining and teaching according to aptitude, which makes Lin Mushuang feel very different.

After Cheng Gong took the gouache drawing away from the drawing board, An Kang and Lin Mushuang saw that there was another picture on the board.

Lin Mushuang pointed to the picture and asked, "After this picture is finished, is it what the picture on this wall looks like?" ”

Hanging on the wall is an rendering.

Cheng Gong shook his head and explained, "No, no, no. This is just a sketch. Somewhat similar to the sketch you draw. There are generally several forms and steps in which we make diagrams. The first is the creative stage, which is to use this sketch to present the content in your mind. Then look at how the composition is made, what elements are needed, where to put them, and what the relationship between light and dark is. You draw sketches as copying, and I draw creatively. ”

Lin Mushuang nodded.

"The next step is to color the sketch. In fact, after the structure has been determined, see how the colors are expressed. And then it's a little bit finer, and you can make some textures. For example, this one is the texture of marble and the other is the texture of brick. Although they are the same color, different materials present completely different effects. Oh yes, it's like your dad's adult store makes clothes. It's the same red clothes, but the styles and fabrics are different, and the clothes are completely different. Right? ”

An Kang and Lin Mushuang nodded together, and subconsciously looked at each other's clothes. Both of them happened to be wearing blue clothes, but An Kang was wearing a denim suit, and Lin Mushuang was wearing a sleeveless jacket, with completely different styles and fabrics.

Cheng Gong continued: "All of the above can be called concept maps. There are two major branches that will form a formal diagram next. One is to make design drawings, and the other is to make renderings. The design drawings are relatively rigorous, and the size of every detail must not be messed up. The renderings mainly show the look and feel of the building after completion, so the size is not so rigorous. These two types of diagrams are complementary and can be done at the same time, or they can be followed by a second. Whoever comes first can come last. You see, these two are two finished products. ”

Cheng Gong spread two rolls of paper on the drawing board and desk respectively for Ankang and Lin Mushuang to see, and then explained: "Making a design drawing is equivalent to making a product, and making renderings is equivalent to making a poster for a product." No matter how well the product is done, it must be reflected in a way of renderings in order to be understood by more people. I'll show you this picture again. ”

Cheng Gong pulled out a picture from the roll of paper: "Guess what this is?" ”

An Kang and Lin Mushuang said in unison: "Planning map." ”

"Yes, the plan. Where is this roadmap? ”

Lin Mushuang didn't see it for a long time, but An Kang saw it at a glance.

Because before Ankang came to Shanghai, he had seen the map of Shanghai countless times. Although this planning map is not strictly drawn in accordance with the direction of going up north and going south, Ankang can see at a glance that the location of this planning is precisely Lujiazui.

When Ankang said his answer, Cheng Gong stretched out his thumb and said, "You are very right. ”

An Kang asked puzzledly: "The news of Pudong's development hasn't come out yet, how can Lujiazui have a planning map?" ”

Cheng Gong paced to the window and looked at the high-rise buildings in Puxi on the other side and said: "Planning generally needs to be predictable. In particular, urban planning is a kind of reference for the government. Sometimes it is the task given to us by the government or relevant departments, and sometimes it is the suggestion we give to the government. In any case, the designers who do the planning must have a blueprint in mind. Although I mainly do architectural design, I am often involved in planning and design. This is the planning plan for Lujiazui proposed by our company and I to the city. Of course, there are many institutions that make planning plans for the municipal government, and there are also special urban planning and design institutes. The city government may not adopt all of them, but they will integrate the various options and learn from each other's strengths. ”

An Kang looked at this planning map with strong interest, and the future of Lujiazui gradually appeared in his mind. In addition to the skyscrapers that reach into the sky, Lujiazui in the future will also have parks, schools, commercial streets, museums, and gymnasiums......