What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.
From Peter Zumthor
I'm not mainly interested in what buildings mean as symbols or vehicles for ideas.
My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.
I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.
If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.
Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.
My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons.
When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.
Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.
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