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The Architect
... the assumption that innovative architecture must not only be expensive but impractical. I find the opposite is true.
Our work has become so specialized, hasn't it? People know more and more about less and less.
"Shouldn't we become more systematic here, you know, make a list of things we like and don't like about our current house?"
"If you want, but we could also use our imaginations and dream what a new house could be."
Rationalism is the enemy of art , but is necessary as a bases for architecture.
A work of art is revolutionary. A house is conservative.
A house must satisfy a requirement.
A work of art does not.
A house is designed to provide comfort.
A work of art wants to draw people out of their comfort zone.
That is why people love houses and hate art.
Only a small part of architecture belongs to the realm of art - the monument and the tomb.
Everything else is a function.
I believe it is just as important to design a chicken coop as it is to design a cathedral.
That's the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. You can't observe a thing without changing it.
What matters is that you enjoy the process.
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