▁to ▁ 7 5 ▁How e ▁Street ). ▁His ▁first ▁large ▁commission ▁came ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁design ▁new ▁buildings ▁for ▁the ▁Y ali ▁Middle ▁School ▁and ▁the ▁Ch ang sha ▁Medical ▁Center ▁in ▁Ch ang sha , ▁China . ▁Wu ▁spent ▁several ▁months ▁in ▁China , ▁charged ▁by ▁the ▁trust ees ▁with ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁creating ▁buildings ▁that ▁were ▁" simple ▁and ▁in exp ensive ▁to ▁construct " ▁with ▁a ▁beauty ▁being ▁" that ▁of ▁grace ▁and ▁proportion ▁rather ▁than ▁of ▁decor ation ▁and ▁monument al ▁design ". ▁Wu ▁produced ▁designs ▁and ▁studies ▁for ▁thirty - se ven ▁new ▁buildings ▁that ▁included ▁d orm itories , ▁libraries , ▁class rooms , ▁medical ▁offices ▁and ▁related ▁facilities . ▁ ▁Wu ▁reported ▁on ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁introdu cing ▁new ▁architect ural ▁forms ▁for ▁old ▁China . ▁He ▁believed ▁such ▁a ▁solution ▁should ▁combine ▁" the ▁scientific ▁method ", ▁which ▁he ▁felt ▁was ▁" the ▁distinct ive ▁mer it ▁of ▁Western ▁Civil ization " ▁with ▁a ▁" just ▁conception ▁of ▁the ▁ends ▁of ▁life ", ▁being ▁" the ▁distinct ive ▁mer it ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ". ▁Wu ▁believed ▁the ▁fusion ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁qual ities ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁gu iding ▁principle ▁for ▁organ ic ▁growth ▁in ▁creating ▁new ▁forms . ▁The ▁conflict ▁inher ent ▁in ▁the ▁architect ural ▁synth esis ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁distinct ▁cult ures ▁was ▁one ▁often ▁repeated ▁by ▁Wu . ▁He ▁called ▁this ▁the ▁" b attle ▁between ▁the ▁head ▁and ▁the ▁heart ".