过分解读某一年的建筑界最高奖项普利兹克奖是危险的。但正如记者们经常戏言的那样:两个事实和一个最后期限造就一股趋势。那么以下就是把今年的奖项颁给智利圣地亚哥人亚历杭德罗·阿拉韦纳所表明的趋势:建筑领域至少在思维方式上正在转变方向。它正在远离经济衰退前耗用过多氧气的浮华标志性建筑,转向一种更加以人为本的设计,寻求以设计为手段解决住房短缺、气候变化等迫切需求。好的作品与好的设计并非相互排斥。阿拉韦纳作品集中朴实无华却引人注目的建筑 It is dangerous to over-interpret the Pritzker Prize for the highest award in the construction industry for a particular year. But as journalists have often joked: Two facts and a deadline create a trend. So here’s what this year’s prize goes to the tendency of Alejandro Aravina, a Santiago-based Chilean, to say that the architectural world is at least changing its way of thinking. It is moving away from the flashy landmark buildings that consumed too much oxygen before the recession, moving to a more people-centered design that seeks to address the immediate needs of housing shortages, climate change and more by design. Good work and good design are not mutually exclusive. Aravina’s work is full of unpretentious but compelling architecture