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But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to... →
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks... →
Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.
Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.
The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.
The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in.
For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid.
I've been such an outsider my whole life.
Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.
My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.
We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.
Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional... →
So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the... →
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