"Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and……" — Bernard Tschumi
"Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens."
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12 Quotes by Bernard Tschumi
Bernard Tschumi has 12 quotes on this site.
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Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a…
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Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a…
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To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.
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Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.
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I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret
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When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from…
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I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was…
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I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum…
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The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter,…
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The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and…
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I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.
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Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of…
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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down…
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