No.1311Lane2727HunanRd.PudongNewDistrictShanghai201315China9Sep2012DearPeiIeohMingThefirsttimeIheardyournameisafterIsawaphotooftheglasspyramidinMuséeduLouvre.Thewhitelightsinsidethepyramidshoweddifferentbrightnessthroughtheglasswiththemagnificentbuildingsaroundmademereallyamazed.Owingtothefantasticblendofdifferentkindsoflight,everythingseemedtobeinthedreamland.Iwantedtofindoutwhodesignedsuchamarvellousatmosphere.Thenyoubecamethegreatestarchitect,undoubtedly,inmymind.Iwasjustacommonstudentwhohasanordinarylifeeveryday.Nonetheless,Ihaveagreatambitionofbeingafamousarchitectjustlikeyou.PritzkerArchitecturePrize,thehighesthonourinarchitecture,iswhatyougot30yearsago,aswellasmyultimateobjectiveindaystocome.Toreachmytarget,Ishouldworkhardfromnowon.Manypeoplesaidyouhavedonereallywellintherelationshipbetweenthebuildingandthenature.Ithinkthat’sduetothechildhoodyouspentinShizilinGarden,atraditionalJiangnan-stylegardeninSuzhouwhichisusedtobeyourhomeonceuponatime.StayingwithMotherNatureisaratherimportantthingforanyonewhowantstobeasuccessfularchitect.That’swhyIwouldstayinthegardenbehindmyhomealmosteverydayinthevacation.Unlikeyou,Iamtheonlychildinmyfamily.MyparentsandIliveina3-storeyhouseinthesuburbs.Inthestudyofmyhome,there’remanyhugeshelveswhichcarrymorethan1500books.Ifoundabiographyofyouattheageof9andreadforover5timesduringthese4years.Now,astudentinYear8hasalreadylearntalotaboutgeometry,whenIsawsomethingyoudesignedsuchasJ.F.KennedyLibraryandtheEastBuildingofTheNationalGalleryofArt,Ifeelthatyouseemputeverygeometry,everypartofthebuildingintherightplace.Thewholebuildinglooksquiteharmonious,yetstillhasmanynewthings.Thisneedsallofexperiences,knowledgeandtalents.I’mgoingtoreadanumberofbooksaboutarchitectureandobservemorebeautifulbuildingsandsomefantasticdesignworks.WhenIwenttoSuzhouMuseum,Ifoundthatmostplacesinitdon’tneedlightsindaytimeeveninthebasementfloor.Thebeamsoflightthroughtheglassontheroofcanprobablyreplacethespotlights.Yourwaysofusingthelighti