The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something strange.
From Peter Zumthor
I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.
My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.
If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain, the birds, the feel.
I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.
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