撰文/ 一位台灣建築留學生
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圖片來源香港自助旅行者協會
荷蘭人口是台灣的 3/4
土地面積是台灣的 5/4
國民所得大約是台灣兩倍
荷蘭人相當幽默，從小學低年級開始
在學校就要輪流講笑話
商店早上十點開門，下午六點關門工作八個小時
經濟力排在世界的前端
九成的荷蘭人覺得自己很幸福
八成六覺得自己很健康

『What a fuck!! Damn it!!』
我仔仔細細地切割著飛機木，打算把下午開會要用的模型完成這片大屋頂用的木桁架應該很精彩，心裡暗想著依照台灣的施工環境與水準，承包商肯定會幹聲連連…
才剛想完這個句子，對面馬上有人大聲的吐出一連串髒話，是我的荷蘭老闆，他把一個形狀詭異的大量體給切歪了……

上學期的設計老師推薦我給一家荷蘭事務所，他們剛通過台灣觀光局舉辦的國際競圖第一階段，正要開始進行第二階段的設計競賽，需要一個土生土長的台灣人合作，因為表現還不錯，所以有了這個合作機會，於是我每星期上三天班，來回在鹿特丹與臺夫特之間奔波。

言歸正傳
我的荷蘭老闆其實有四個人， 都是1971年次， TU Delft 畢業。年紀輕輕卻已經很有作為。 他們的作品從比例尺1:10到1:10000 舉凡家具設計、住宅、機場增建、都市更新到研究、著作出版都在這個事務所裡找得到，外觀絲毫不起眼卻非常國際化。某種程度而言，是拜荷蘭教育之賜，語言教育的成功當然不在話下，再加上平時學生們作學問的態度非常積極認真，各方面的知識極紮實地去建構與延伸（難怪常常覺得他們即便年紀輕輕但思想都很有深度）。
關於設計也很嚴肅地在面對，根本就是可以被實現出來的作品，不像大部分的台灣學生那樣隨便與輕浮，所以落實到實務層面很快就能連接上 也難怪他們才剛踏出校門就有能力執行實際的案子。

我想說的
是他們對於建築的態度，也是給我很大的衝擊與反省的地方。這四個人以前是學校同班同學，個性迥然不同，每個人各自有私生活與喜好，絕對不加班而犧牲自己的生活，也絕對不會把私人的世界互相混雜在工作場合裡。建築不是生命中唯一重要的事，家庭、閱讀、旅行所佔的比例絕不比工作的份量少，但這不代表在建築的領域上他們不夠專業與投入。
相反的，他們因為懂得暫停與放鬆，所以再回到工作崗位之後反而更有衝勁，他們完全不信階級那一套狗屁，完全打破我在台灣人的事務所及日商公司裡工作的經驗與思維。在公司裡

每一個人都是平等的
每一個人都要作設計
每一個人都要自己去買材料、切模型study
每一個人都可以在任何時間、場合提出他的想法與意見而受到絕對的尊重
每一個人都要煮咖啡、吸地板
每一個人都要清理垃圾和洗廁所

沒有誰服務誰、下服務上、女服務男這種事存在 雖然我是個剛進公司的外國新人， 卻一下子就感受到自己在那個空間裡的平等地位與所受到的尊重，所以整個team可能因為我給了個什麼意見就大大扭轉了設計的方向，所以其中某個「老闆」（如果一定要用這個詞的話）可能因為畫圖畫到抓狂而去幫大家買麵包和蘋果，所以每個人都很快樂、平等、有尊嚴，所以我正在設計一棟作為主秀的建築物，所以會聽到某個正在割保力龍的「老闆」罵髒話。
你不會有身份與定位的問題，你有絕對的空間去發揮 我很喜歡很喜歡去那裡「上班」（與其說是上班，不如用「參與」某個案子來得更貼切數十萬倍）。這種事情在台灣至少在我以前的工作經驗裡從沒有發生過，甚至是以後也不可能發生的。再者，他們對於整個都市環境、建築與設計的熱情絕對不是靠無止盡的工作時間來展現，而是在不斷的討論、彼此間的腦力激盪、如山高的草圖草模中透露出來的，所以我們花很多時間在討論概念，所以不斷地嘗試各種可能的方案，所以到最後呈現的雖然只是幾條線卻很多很多想法在裡面。

這跟以前在台灣的經驗又大相逕庭，以前大家只會趕快要定一個很炫的型，然後要作一個很炫的表現法，可是仔細一看內容卻乾燥的可以，最最最重要的一點，他們從不忘記在工作中互相學習以及在工作中得到樂趣的態度「We should never forget to have fun!」，這是其中一個「老闆」一直提到的一句話，記得在一本書中讀到過：有百分之86的荷蘭人覺得自己很快樂，我想這四個人一定在那百分之86之中， 而如果我現在也是荷蘭人的話 一定也會被算在裡面 。

這並不是外國和尚比較會念經的心態而是透過自身實際的經驗而得到的感想，這一個多月來所接觸到的，已經給我很大的啟發與影響，往後也會懂得用更積極且健康的態度去面對自己的工作與專業，這絕對無關乎拿到多少薪水，因為那已經遠遠超出金錢可以衡量的範圍，我在鹿特丹那個角落裡所學到、看到、得到的，將是我留學經驗裡非常重要的一個事件。在台灣建築師眼中，這個只不過是位於某棟破房子裡的事務所， 裡面所綻放著的，才是我心目中真正建築人該有的精神與力量。

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撰文/ 一位台灣建築留學生
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圖片來源香港自助旅行者協會
荷蘭人口是台灣的 3/4
土地面積是台灣的 5/4
國民所得大約是台灣兩倍
荷蘭人相當幽默，從小學低年級開始
在學校就要輪流講笑話
商店早上十點開門，下午六點關門工作八個小時
經濟力排在世界的前端
九成的荷蘭人覺得自己很幸福
八成六覺得自己很健康

『What a fuck!! Damn it!!』
我仔仔細細地切割著飛機木，打算把下午開會要用的模型完成這片大屋頂用的木桁架應該很精彩，心裡暗想著依照台灣的施工環境與水準，承包商肯定會幹聲連連…
才剛想完這個句子，對面馬上有人大聲的吐出一連串髒話，是我的荷蘭老闆，他把一個形狀詭異的大量體給切歪了……

上學期的設計老師推薦我給一家荷蘭事務所，他們剛通過台灣觀光局舉辦的國際競圖第一階段，正要開始進行第二階段的設計競賽，需要一個土生土長的台灣人合作，因為表現還不錯，所以有了這個合作機會，於是我每星期上三天班，來回在鹿特丹與臺夫特之間奔波。

言歸正傳
我的荷蘭老闆其實有四個人， 都是1971年次， TU Delft 畢業。年紀輕輕卻已經很有作為。 他們的作品從比例尺1:10到1:10000 舉凡家具設計、住宅、機場增建、都市更新到研究、著作出版都在這個事務所裡找得到，外觀絲毫不起眼卻非常國際化。某種程度而言，是拜荷蘭教育之賜，語言教育的成功當然不在話下，再加上平時學生們作學問的態度非常積極認真，各方面的知識極紮實地去建構與延伸（難怪常常覺得他們即便年紀輕輕但思想都很有深度）。
關於設計也很嚴肅地在面對，根本就是可以被實現出來的作品，不像大部分的台灣學生那樣隨便與輕浮，所以落實到實務層面很快就能連接上 也難怪他們才剛踏出校門就有能力執行實際的案子。

我想說的
是他們對於建築的態度，也是給我很大的衝擊與反省的地方。這四個人以前是學校同班同學，個性迥然不同，每個人各自有私生活與喜好，絕對不加班而犧牲自己的生活，也絕對不會把私人的世界互相混雜在工作場合裡。建築不是生命中唯一重要的事，家庭、閱讀、旅行所佔的比例絕不比工作的份量少，但這不代表在建築的領域上他們不夠專業與投入。
相反的，他們因為懂得暫停與放鬆，所以再回到工作崗位之後反而更有衝勁，他們完全不信階級那一套狗屁，完全打破我在台灣人的事務所及日商公司裡工作的經驗與思維。在公司裡

每一個人都是平等的
每一個人都要作設計
每一個人都要自己去買材料、切模型study
每一個人都可以在任何時間、場合提出他的想法與意見而受到絕對的尊重
每一個人都要煮咖啡、吸地板
每一個人都要清理垃圾和洗廁所

沒有誰服務誰、下服務上、女服務男這種事存在 雖然我是個剛進公司的外國新人， 卻一下子就感受到自己在那個空間裡的平等地位與所受到的尊重，所以整個team可能因為我給了個什麼意見就大大扭轉了設計的方向，所以其中某個「老闆」（如果一定要用這個詞的話）可能因為畫圖畫到抓狂而去幫大家買麵包和蘋果，所以每個人都很快樂、平等、有尊嚴，所以我正在設計一棟作為主秀的建築物，所以會聽到某個正在割保力龍的「老闆」罵髒話。
你不會有身份與定位的問題，你有絕對的空間去發揮 我很喜歡很喜歡去那裡「上班」（與其說是上班，不如用「參與」某個案子來得更貼切數十萬倍）。這種事情在台灣至少在我以前的工作經驗裡從沒有發生過，甚至是以後也不可能發生的。再者，他們對於整個都市環境、建築與設計的熱情絕對不是靠無止盡的工作時間來展現，而是在不斷的討論、彼此間的腦力激盪、如山高的草圖草模中透露出來的，所以我們花很多時間在討論概念，所以不斷地嘗試各種可能的方案，所以到最後呈現的雖然只是幾條線卻很多很多想法在裡面。

這跟以前在台灣的經驗又大相逕庭，以前大家只會趕快要定一個很炫的型，然後要作一個很炫的表現法，可是仔細一看內容卻乾燥的可以，最最最重要的一點，他們從不忘記在工作中互相學習以及在工作中得到樂趣的態度「We should never forget to have fun!」，這是其中一個「老闆」一直提到的一句話，記得在一本書中讀到過：有百分之86的荷蘭人覺得自己很快樂，我想這四個人一定在那百分之86之中， 而如果我現在也是荷蘭人的話 一定也會被算在裡面 。

這並不是外國和尚比較會念經的心態而是透過自身實際的經驗而得到的感想，這一個多月來所接觸到的，已經給我很大的啟發與影響，往後也會懂得用更積極且健康的態度去面對自己的工作與專業，這絕對無關乎拿到多少薪水，因為那已經遠遠超出金錢可以衡量的範圍，我在鹿特丹那個角落裡所學到、看到、得到的，將是我留學經驗裡非常重要的一個事件。在台灣建築師眼中，這個只不過是位於某棟破房子裡的事務所， 裡面所綻放著的，才是我心目中真正建築人該有的精神與力量。

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– a Letter from a Taiwanese Architecture Student Studying Abroad
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picture from Hong Kong Backpackers' Association

The Dutch population is Taiwan's 3/4
land area is Taiwan's 5/4
national income probably is Taiwan’s twofold
Dutch is quite humorous,
children have to speak the joke in turn in school
The store open at AM 10, close at PM 6,works eight hours a day
economical strength to arrange in the front of the world
end 90% Dutch thought oneself very happy
86% Dutch thought oneself is very healthy

『What a fuck!! Damn it!!』
Attentively cutting balsa wood, I planned to complete a model (a wood truss applied to a large roof) used in a meeting held this afternoon. I thought that constructors would have lots of inelegant words if this happened in Taiwan according to its construction environment and standards.
As soon as I had that thought, someone stood across from me and loudly spoke a string of dirty words. The person was in fact my boss from Holland. At that time, he cut a large piece of strange-shaped stuff out of the perpendicular.

A design teacher in the last academic semester had recommended me to work in an office in Holland. At that time, the office passed the first stage of the international drawing test that was organized by Tourism Bureau (in Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taiwan) and started proceeding with the second stage. Thus, the office needed a Taiwanese person for cooperation. Owing to my good presentation, the opportunity was given to me. Therefore, I go to the office to work three days a week. Because of the work, I also often need to travel between Rotterdam and Delft.

Let’s go back to the main topic.
I have four Dutch bosses who were born in 1971 and graduated from the University of Delft. Though young, they already had good achievement. The scale of their works ranged from 1:10 to 1:10000. Their work covered varieties such as furniture design, houses, out-buildings for an airport and city renovation as well as involving research and publication. Their office does not look glorious at all, but is very international. The reason why they can achieve this level is derived from education system of Holland and the success of language education. Dutch students have positive and serious attitudes towards study and knowledge. They develop and extend themselves in every aspect of knowledge (no wonder, being young, they have great depth of thinking).

Dutch students treat design very seriously. Owing to their attitudes, they can make good designs that hold up in practice. Unlike most Taiwanese students, who are so casual and flippant, these Dutch students can easily and quickly master practicalities. No wonder they are capable to execute actual cases after graduating from their universities.

I would specially like to say something. Their attitude towards architecture gave me a great shock and caused much self-examination. These four bosses were classmates during their schooldays. Their personalities are different. Everyone has his own private life and interests. They neither work over-time nor sacrifice their personal lives. They never mix their private world with business and work in office. Architecture is not the only important thing in their lives. They spend more time with their family, and in reading and traveling than in work. This does not mean that they are not professional or devoted to architecture.

On the contrary, they understand the need to stop and relax. When they work, they are energetic to press ahead. They entirely reject hierarchical management. Their method is different from the experience and thinking that were cultivated during my working in offices run by Taiwanese and Japanese in the past. This indeed amazes me a great deal. In the company in Holland:

Everyone is equal.
Everyone should do design.
Everyone needs to buy materials and cut out and study models.
Everyone can propose his thinking and ideas at any time and on any occasion and these thoughts will be fully respected.
Everyone needs to help make coffee and clean floors with a vacuum cleaner.
Everyone needs to take out the rubbish and clean the toilet.

No one serves any other. No people having a low position serve people having a high position. No female serves a male. Starting as a new employee in the office, immediately I could feel that I am equal to everyone else and receive respect in that working environment. Probably because of one of my ideas, the whole team changed its design direction. So, one ‘boss’ of mine (if it is necessary to use this term) who was exhausted by his drawing and could still not find a solution went out to buy bread and apples for everyone. This action made everyone feel happy, equal and respected. When I designed a building which would be a main show, I could hear some dirty words from one ‘boss’ who was cutting styrofoam.

I do not encounter problems about my status and position. I have plenty of room to put my ideas into full play. I really enjoy ‘working’ in that office (‘participation’ is far closer to what I feel than ‘working.’). I have never had this kind of working experience before in Taiwan and I believe that I will not have this kind of experience in Taiwan in the future. Moreover, their passion for the urban environment, architecture and design is not displayed by endless working time, but through continuous discussion, mutual inspiration and drafts and initial models piled up like a high mountain. We spend a lot of time discussing ideas and thus continuously try various possibilities. Thus, although the final display is only several lines, there are a great number of ideas that have gone into it.

The experience is very different from that in Taiwan. In the past, when I was in Taiwan, people liked to make eye-catching models in a hurry. They would do some kind of eye-catching presentation. However, observed carefully, their contents were dull. In Holland, a very important point is that people will never forget to have mutual learning in work and have an attitude of earning enjoyment. The phrase which one ‘boss’ of mine said – “We should never forget to have fun!” -- describes it perfectly well. I remember that some book says: “86 % people in Holland feel themselves very happy.” I think that the four ‘bosses’ must be in that 86%. If I too am counted as Dutchman, I too am in that 86%.

This is not because foreign designers are better at making design. According to my actual experience over the past month, I have been received great inspiration and influence. In the future, I will have a more positive and healthy attitude with which to face my own work and profession. This is nothing to do with how much salary I earn. It is because there is something far more important than what can be measured in money. What I learn, see and understand in my corner of Rotterdam becomes very significant in my experience of study abroad. In a Taiwanese architect’s eyes, this is nothing but an office in some insignificant house. But what is found within the office is the true spirit and force which architects should possess – in my mind.

The letter comes from Yilan County’s free e-mail box, open for her citizens.
We thank the Taiwanese architecture student studying abroad who wrote the article, which is worthy of serious consideration.