“Attraverso una serie di storie, casi studio e dati, Koolhaas cerca di sensibilizzare il pubblico su temi importanti per il futuro del pianeta come l’eccessiva urbanizzazione e il riscaldamento globale, mostrando la campagna come unica alternativa.”
“Just as we had the commitment to older generations, we also knew that we had to pass the torch to the younger ones: school as continuity”
“A product of its time and of the post-war housing problem, Pantera Cor-de-Rosa lies between the problem of the “Greatest Number” and “housing for all”
“the author emphasizes the importance of the sensory dimension, and believes the human senses are essential elements to perception and to fully understand spaces.”
“Now, as far as teaching of architecture is concerned, I think that first we must break free from that annoying feeling of guilt.”
“it can be said that the bulk of qualified production has shown a demand for constructive realism, a practical meaning in the resolution of programs or in the concrete viability of singular or genuine projects within the European framework.”
“Among what there is, what exists, what has been done, said, experienced; among what is exhibited, shown, seen, among the forms, the families of forms, the derivatives of forms, the architect chooses, selects, elects.”
“If architecture is “cosa mentale”, how can it, at the same time, exist in fact, in the real world and in its engagements?”
“What can be required of schools is that they teach a method where the ancient and the modern acquire prominence in the light of the same critical attitude.”
“The 25th of April 1974, made possible the intervention of popular movements fighting for housing and the right to the city, movements for many years controlled/repressed”