28 quotes
I don't like symmetry much, but... in that project and... cultural context, the center was... very important, so I started to... go into this central and symmetric... meditation.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
We are not lacking of materiality. We are lacking of good relationships, but this is something the process of construction and architecture can... provide.
Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives (2021)
I'm often asked, "Do you want to send people back to the Stone Age?" Of course not, but it's not a matter of how old a material is. It's a matter of our creative ability to use it today.
Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives (2021)
If the economic system does not support this construction method that is socially just, ecological.., healthy, then this economic system has to be changed, because capitalism is not a force of nature. It is created by humans, and we can always abolish it.
Gespräch mit den Lehmbauexperten (2017)
[I]t's the 11th rainy season for the school now, really harsh, horizontal monsoon rains, and the walls are standing strong.
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings (2017)
I'm hoping that I'm really leaving no waste, but knowledge. ...How to build something good out of the local resources. That's my dream.
Anna Heringer Interview: Leave No Waste, But Knowledge (2021)
The priest.., in the beginning... wasn't... sure about this project.., but then he found in the Bible a quote where Moses, when he received the Ten Commandments.., received the... direct order how to build the altar.., "It should be made out of mud."
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
"Form follows function"... is outdated.
Architecture is a Tool to Improve Lives (2021)