Architecture

“One can create architecture simply by pursuing light.”

“Si en la base de la construcción hay emoción o razonamiento, nos debe dar igual: nuestro único objetivo es construir.”

“In architecture, the demand was no longer for box-like forms, but for buildings that have something to say to the human emotions.”

“I decided to visit the under-construction site a few times to really absorb the space before throwing any idea.”

“I was looking for a simple architecture, one that could immediately communicate that which in the past was known as ‘monumental,’ that is, in the sense of ‘Civic Dignity.’”

“We have named PROUN a station on the path to the construction of the new form.”

“I wanted to give back to man the feeling of flight.”

“Upiększyłem miasto Łódź wspaniałymi gmachami i doprowadziłem to miasto do rzędu porządnych fabrycznych miast w Królestwie.”

“The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo.”

“Ultimately architecture is all about the creation of pleasant and stimulating settings for all aspects of social life.”

“Ja mam tyle pieniędzy, że on ma być we wszystkich stylach.”

“The modern city with its multistory buildings ... have redirected ... the normal psychology of visual perception. It would seem that only the camera is capable of reflecting contemporary life.”

“I cannot accept the concept of total regionalism.”

“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.”

“Marcel Duchamp has done everything except video. He made a large door to enter and a tiny door to exit.”

“고래등 같은 기와집을 보면 반드시 침을 뱉으며 지나갔습니다.”

“How to build a table that doesn’t suck”