在进行全球范围内的筛选之后，妹岛和世选择中国建筑师赵扬作为她在“劳力士艺术导师计划”的门生，同时将展开为期一年的合作。这是首届建筑被纳入作为计划中的一部分，计划还包括了舞蹈、电影、文学、音乐、戏剧和视觉艺术单元。
在合作的这一年，赵扬将应邀在“共有家园 (Home-for-All)”开展为期一年的协作。该项目由妹岛和世与其他日本著名建筑师策划, 以应对2011年日本海啸灾难所造成的住房危机。“共有家园”为那些无家可归的灾民在临时定居点提供了交流聚集的场地。赵扬将加入由建筑师、设计师、学生和商人组成的团队，在建设临时性建筑物时，充分将当地社区的愿景列入设计范围。
“对于那些位于城市郊区的项目，赵扬投入了巨大的精力和热情。他这样做，为的是这些建筑能融于到周围的环境中。我期待他在日本东北地区项目的表现。” 妹岛和世说道。
32岁的赵扬在2007年创立了自己的工作室。他目前的项目包括在云南农村地区的两个项目。2012年毕业于哈佛大学，获建筑学硕士学位，并获选哈佛大学优秀毕业生。谈到这项导师计划时，赵扬说，“这既是一份珍贵的礼物，也是一份难得的工作机会。它既是一份荣誉，也是一种使命。我的目标是，与妹岛和世女士经历一段富有挑战、充满创意的协作过程，从中学习日本的设计文化，并且在整个重建项目中做出自己的贡献。”（摄影：盐泽秀树）
共有之家（Home-for-All）
2011年3月21日，日本东北部9级地震海啸大型灾难发生后第十天，伊东丰雄、妹岛和世、山本理显等建筑师共同发起下，与年轻建筑师一同成立了“共有之家Home-for-All”项目，旨在帮助受灾的人们顺利渡过灾后重建期。“共有之家”以社区为单位，根据不同社区成员的需求建筑的功能也不同。目前已建成10个，长期规划将建造100个左右。
劳力士创艺推荐资助计划
劳力士于2002年开始一系列致力于为艺术大师和新锐艺术家牵线搭桥的慈善项目，内容涵盖了舞蹈、电影、文学、音乐、戏剧和视觉艺术，建筑领域为该项目的第七个领域。此次劳力士出资10万欧元，邀请日本建筑大师妹岛和世加入，由她挑选建筑类门生共同参与“共有之家”项目，最终在多个国家的申请人中，妹岛和世选择了建筑师赵扬，计划设计并建造位于日本宫城县气仙沼的共有之家项目。
After a global search, Kazuyo Sejima has selected Chinese architect Yang Zhao as her protégé for a year of collaboration as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. This is the first year that architecture has been included as a discipline in the programme that pairs established professionals and emerging voices in the fields of dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts.
Over the course of a year, Zhao will work on Home-for-All, a project created by Sejima and other leading Japanese architects in response to the housing crisis following the devastation caused by the 2011 tsunami in Japan. Home-for-All provides communal gathering places at temporary housing sites for displaced people. Zhao will join the teams of architects, designers, students, and tradesmen who incorporate the wishes of the community when constructing the temporary buildings. "Yang Zhao puts much care into each of his projects, which are most often located in the outskirts of the city, so that they have a relationship with their context. I look forward to seeing what he would bring to the project in the Tohoku region," Sejima said.
Yang Zhao, 32, started an architectural practice, Zhaoyang Architects, in 2007. His current projects include working on two buildings in the rural area of Yunnan Province, China. He has a master's degree in architecture (with distinction) from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Of the mentorship, Zhao remarked: "It's a gift, but also a job. It's an honour, but also a mission. My objectives are to experience a challenging and creative collaboration process with Sejima-san, to learn from the design culture in Japan, and to make my contribution to the whole reconstruction project," he said. (Photo by Hideki Shiozawa)
About Home-for-All
HOME-FOR-ALL is a base for those who lost their homes or jobs in the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th 2011. They are spaces where people can get together and build a new community life. In the weeks following the earthquake a group of architects, led by Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Riken Yamamoto established a volunteer organization working with younger architects to help make a difference and build HOME-FOR-ALL community houses in the disaster area.
About Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative is a philanthropic programme that was set up in 2002 to make a contribution to global culture. The programme seeks out gifted young artists from all over the world and brings them together with artistic masters for a year of creative collaboration in a one-to-one mentoring relationship. Over the past decade, Rolex has paired mentors and protégés in dance, film, literature, music, theatre, visual arts and – as of 2012 – architecture. This year, Rolex sponsored Kazuo Sejima 100,000 euros. Among many candidates from all over the world, Kazuo selected Yang Zhao, planning to design and build up Home for All in Kensennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
