“印刷品是设计一种浪漫的表达”

“Print is a romantic form of expression.”

<A3XA GRAPHIC NOVEL>超集组图像小说是A3XA超集组自成立以来开创性实践的第一个综合文档。结合了宣言，论文，游记以及团队过去制作的作品分四个篇章来进行叙述。尝试用一种通俗易懂的漫画书方式，以多重的视角和第一人称的叙述方式来展现我们在实验和实践中的一些思考。

<A3XA GRAPHIC NOVEL>is the first comprehensive documentation of A3XA’s trailblazing practice. Combining manifestos, essays, travelogues, and past works, it is narrated in four chapters. It attempts to present some of our thoughts in experiments and practices through an easily understandable comic book style, using multiple perspectives and first-person narratives.

“设计过程中往往有意思的是那些外溢的部分”，我们在书中展示了一系列项目在“落地”之前经历的状态，坚持在技术图纸之外进行一些具有启发性的拼贴绘画工作，尝试跳出一些既定框架和限制条件，用一种“图像式宣言”来呈现我们对于如何塑造城市空间的一些理解。

“The interesting parts of the design process are often those that didn't come true” we showcase a series of projects in their pre-execution states in the book, persisting in doing some inspirational collage and painting work beyond technical drawings. We attempt to break out of traditional frameworks and constraints, presenting some of our understandings of how to shape urban spaces through a “graphical manifesto.”

这些文字和图像是试图对于传统建筑思维的质疑和批判，是我们试图在“天真的乌托邦”和“僵化的实用主义“之间找到平衡，探索出一条“实用的乌托邦式建筑”道路。面对巨变时代下的城市的发展变迁，如何以人本为中心的方式来思考人、建筑、城市和环境的关系。

These texts and images attempt to question and critique traditional architectural thinking. We strive to find a balance between “Naive utopia” and “Rigid pragmatism,” exploring a path of “practical utopian architecture.” In the face of the rapid changes in urban development, we consider how to center our thoughts on the relationship between people, architecture, cities, and the environment in a humanistic way.

我们身处一个发光的、虚拟的屏幕时代，一个充斥着大量信息碎片和图像轰炸的时代，消费主义盛行，数字阅读日新月异，我们无时无刻不被各种消息，通知，邮件，社交媒体的更新所包围，数字代码逐渐模糊了我们的生理感知。我们追求效率，追求速度，仿佛只有更快，才能跟上这个时代的步伐。此刻，纸质印刷品的出版似乎成了“逆时代”的存在。

We live in an era of luminous, virtual screens, an era inundated with fragmented information and an exploding of images. Consumerism prevails, digital reading evolves rapidly, and we are constantly surrounded by various messages, notifications, emails, and social media updates. Digital codes gradually blur our physical perceptions. We pursue efficiency and speed, as if only by going faster can we keep pace with the times. At this moment, the publication of printed materials seems to have become a "countercurrent" presence.

然而，纸质印刷有着现代新媒体无法呈现的“质感”和“仪式感”，从内容到排版，从选纸到印刷，制作的过程同时也是一个沉淀和思考的过程。这个时代不缺速度和效率，我们能够希望通过这样一种“载体”，让我们慢下来，跳出信息的洪流，回归到阅读的本质，去感受翻页的声音和纸张的触感，找回被“偷走”的“专注力”。

However, printed materials have a “tactile quality” and a “sense of ritual” that modern new media cannot replicate. From content to layout, from paper selection to printing, the production process is also a time for reflection and contemplation. In an era that does not lack speed and efficiency, we hope that through this “medium,” we can slow down, step out of the torrent of information, return to the essence of reading, and experience the sound of turning pages and the feel of paper. This way, we can reclaim the “focus” that has been “stolen” from us.

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