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I tried to transform this philosophy into architecture.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
I had never seen humidifiers before. ...[I]t's weird to make walls that are completely sealed, that cannot breath.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
All the buildings I'm doing are looking different because my architectural language is created out of this vulnerability...
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
I work... looking at the local materials.., the local energy sources.., then adding global creativity...
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
So we decided... We built the altar out of mud.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
I wanted to show what you can do out of... local, basic materials; that it's not only possible to build small, dark huts, but... also large structures.
Aga Khan Program Lecture (2018)
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)
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)