空無與存有，留存生活的建築
Void and Presence: Architecture as a Record of the Everyday
Q.「選擇從最困難的事做起」是您以行動回應外界質疑的聲音，非科班出身的您除了「敢於歸零」，請與我們分享驅動您的內在信念是什麼？心境方面有何轉變？
Q. "Choosing to begin with the hardest work" has been your answer to doubt. As someone without formal training, beyond the courage to reset to zero, what conviction drives you? How has your mindset changed?
A. 這是源於一種「沒有依據的自信」。早年，我參與國內建築競賽時，作品雖獲得賞識反饋，卻也聽見相反面聲音，學術界的種種考量使其無疾而終。我對建築的熱忱，不因外界各種觀點而有所影響，反而促使我的內在信念建立一份沒有依據的自信，即使在我還沒做成以前，內心深處仍相信自己可以。這份自信即來自我對設計、工程每一細節的精準掌控，以及那一心只想將事情做到好的頑固與追求。
A. It began with what I can only call confidence without proof. Early on, when I entered architecture competitions in Taiwan, the work received encouragement, but I heard dissent as well, and academic considerations meant it went no further. My commitment to architecture never depended on those opinions. If anything, they pushed me to build an inner conviction: even before I had achieved it, I believed I could. That confidence comes from a precise command of every detail, in both design and construction, and from a stubborn insistence on doing the work properly.
「建築的對錯如何分界？答案在於有沒有實踐！我的願景，是要將這個時代的建築被留存、記錄下來。」—— 毛森江
"Where do we draw the line between right and wrong in architecture? The answer lies in whether it is realised. My vision is to have the architecture of this era preserved and recorded." — Mao Shen-Chiang
