TFS 法拉未来之星 | Jerry、Jason & Mark “我们致力于传播天津的近现代史文化”

 TFS 法拉未来之星 

Jerry，一个充满创意与热情的学生。在Sophomore年级时，他看到了同学们参与第一期孵化器项目所取得的丰硕成果，内心深受触动，渴望能够投身其中。经过一番深思熟虑，Jerry回想起父亲在建筑系的深厚背景，能够为他提供大量珍贵的资料与详实的背景信息，意识到这正是一个绝佳的切入点。于是，他满怀期待地找到父亲，将自己的想法和盘托出。

在与父亲的交流中，Jerry了解到五大道、解放南路等租界区现有的导览信息存在诸多不足。这让他萌生了一个想法，即设计开发一个网站，搜集、归纳、整理天津市所有的近现代建筑资料。他希望通过这个网站，让游客能够获取每座建筑信息，包括年代、设计风格以及曾经居住过的人物等，将它们与城市发展联系起来，帮助深入理解其在天津的重要地位与意义。

在Jerry的计划中，他们需要对天津市租界区的近现代建筑进行全面而细致的统计。这不仅包括建筑的外观样貌，还有其背后丰富的历史信息，并且要进行科学合理的分类。面对这一艰巨任务，他想到了Jason。Jason是一个对数学充满热情的同学，积极参加各类数学竞赛，这使得他在项目调研与数据统计方面具备了极大的优势，能够为项目推进提供有力支持。

在接到任务后，Jason首先对天津的近现代建筑进行汇总，依据区域与知名度划分并排序。随后，他深入网络与文献，查阅这些建筑的历史信息。为了保证准确性，Jason还实地向各建筑的工作人员核实情况。此外，他还进行了实景拍摄，收集最新的视觉素材。最终，Jason将建筑介绍划分为不同板块，使其简洁而有效。至此，网站的基本内容顺利完成。

Jason的实地调研过程以及成果

在Jerry联系上Jason的同时，Mark主动向他发出了自荐信息。Mark与Jerry和Jason一直保持着良好的关系，他们常常一起学习、一起参与各种活动，彼此间形影不离。得知Jerry的计划后，Mark表现出了浓厚的兴趣，并主动请缨，承担起了网站搭建的重要任务。得益于身边有精通编程的技术人员，Mark在他们的指导下开始了相关知识的学习。

作为AP课程的学生，Mark首先学习了计算机科学（CSA），掌握了如何编写底层代码。接着，他了解了基本运转模式，并选择了一个速度较快的服务器，以确保网站的稳定运行。在设计方面，Mark通过WordPress挑选了与简约建筑设计相关的网页模板，然后将Jason搜集到的文字与图片添加其中。经过这一系列的努力，天津近现代建筑信息库便初具雏形。

在网站名称敲定后，Jerry着手设计Logo。起初，他计划选用天津近现代的某个标志性建筑，以契合主题与名称。然而，经过团队反复研讨和修改，Jerry最终在Canvas上勾勒出三条河流的轮廓，象征天津“九河下梢”的地理特征。河流不仅是天津的代表，也承载着历史的变迁，与“津沽旧影”这一名称相搭配，使得网站的Logo设计得以完美呈现。

Jerry设计的品牌名称以及Logo

同时，三人计划在现有基础上进一步拓展，开发出一款便捷的小程序，以更好地服务于国内游客。此外，团队计划融入地图与拍照索引功能，助力游客快速获取建筑信息，深化对天津近现代史的认知。在建筑介绍方面，他们还打算增设声音模式，使游客在参观时无需频繁查看手机，只需戴上耳机，就能聆听每栋建筑的历史细节与背后的故事，从而优化游览体验。

小组将会填充在网站中的部分景点

对于未来，Jerry和Jason抱持着相似的愿景。尽管历史研究并非他们未来的核心方向，但他们对历史的热爱始终如一，计划以个人爱好为依托，持续开展对天津近现代建筑的探索与研究。而Mark则有意投身数学领域深造，此次项目中Jason在数据统计与分析方面的实践，让他学习了不少宝贵经验。此外，网站设计技能的习得，也将为他的未来发展之路添砖加瓦。

项目小组成员心中的理想大学

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The Future Stars

Jerry is a creative and enthusiastic student. During his time at Sophomore, he was touched by the success of his classmates in the first phase of Incubator Project and was eager to get involved. After much deliberation, Jerry recalled his father's background in architecture, which provided him with a wealth of invaluable information and background details, and realised that this was the entry point. Therefore, he approached his father with great anticipation and told him what he wanted to do.

During his communication with his father, Jerry learnt that there are many deficiencies in the existing guided tour information of concession areas such as Five Big Avenues and Jiefang South Road. This gave him the idea to design and develop a website to collect, summarise and collate information on all the modern and contemporary buildings in Tianjin. Through this website, he hopes that visitors will be able to access information about each building, including its age, design style, and the people who once lived in it, linking them to the city's development and helping to gain a deeper understanding of their importance and significance in Tianjin.

In Jerry's plan, they need to make a comprehensive and detailed statistics of modern and contemporary buildings in concession areas of Tianjin at first. This includes not only the appearance of buildings, but also the rich historical information behind them. They should be classified in a scientific and reasonable way. Faced with this difficult task, he thought of Jason, a student who is passionate about maths and actively participates in various maths competitions, which gives him a great advantage in project research and statistics, and can provide strong support for this project.

After receiving the task, Jason firstly summarised modern buildings in Tianjin, classified and ranked them according to the region and popularity.He then dug into the internet and literature to find out more about the history of these buildings. To ensure accuracy, Jason also checked with the staff of each building on the ground. In addition, he conducted on-site photography to gather the most up-to-date visual material. In the end, Jason divided the introduction of buildings into different divs to make it concise but effective. At this point, the basic content of website was successfully completed.

Jason's Field Research Process and Results

At the same time that Jerry contacted Jason, Mark took the initiative to send him a self-nomination message. Mark has always maintained a good relationship with Jerry and Jason. They often study together, participate in various activities together, and are inseparable from each other. When he learnt about Jerry's project, Mark showed great interest and volunteered to take on the important task of building the website. Benefiting from the presence of technicians who are well versed in programming, Mark began to learn under their guidance.

As an AP student, Mark first studied Computer Science (CSA) to learn how to write the underlying code. Next, he learned about the basic modes of operation and chose a faster server to ensure the site's stable operation. In terms of design, Mark selected web templates related to minimalist architectural design through WordPress, and added text and images Jason had collected. After a series of efforts, Tianjin Modern Architecture Information Database took shape.

After finalising the name of website, Jerry set about designing the logo, initially planning to use one of Tianjin's iconic buildings from the modern era to fit the theme and the name. However, after repeated discussions and modifications, Jerry finally sketched the outline of three rivers on Canvas, symbolising the geographical characteristics of Tianjin's ‘nine rivers’. The rivers not only represent Tianjin, but also carry the history of city, which, together with the name ‘Jingu Old Shadow’, makes the logo design of website and the whole project perfect.

Brand Name and Logo Designed by Jerry

Meanwhile, they plans to expand on the existing foundation and develop a convenient applet to better serve domestic tourists. In addition, the team plans to incorporate a map and photo index function to help tourists quickly access architectural information and deepen their knowledge of Tianjin's modern and contemporary history. In terms of building introductions, they also intend to add a sound mode so that visitors do not need to check their mobile phones frequently during their visit, and can simply put on headphones to listen to historical details and stories behind each building, thus optimising the tour experience.

The group will populate some of attractions in the site.

Jerry and Jason hold similar visions for the future. Although historical research is not their core direction in the future, their love for history has always been the same. They plan to use their personal hobby as a basis to continue exploring and researching modern architecture in Tianjin. On the other hand, Mark is interested in pursuing further studies in the field of Mathematics, and has learnt a lot of valuable lessons from Jason's practice in data statistics and analysis during this project. In addition, the acquisition of web design skills will add to his future development.

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