Philosophies of Architects Final

C reating   A r c h i t e c t u r e t h a t is is b o t h “ Creating  m o d e r n a n d u n d e n i ab ab l y F i l ip i p i n o . ” 

― Leandro

Locsin

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e m u s t r e s p o n d t o l o c a l c o n d i t i o n s .”  “I design Filipino”  tself,, its its “ A rc hit ectu re m us t b e tru e to itself land, land, and its peo pl e. ar c h i t e c t u r e ““Three f a c t o r s m a k e ar t r u l y F i li l i p i n o , F i l ip ip i n o v a l u e s , Ph P h i l i p p i n e c l i m a t e an an d t h e u s e of indige indigeno no us materials” 

― Francisco ‘Bobby’ Mañosa

“The structure should not only look good but must also be made well.”  ― Carlos

Santos Viola

“The structure must be well oriented.” 

― Caesar

Homero Concio

B u i l d i n g s s h o u l d b e p l an n e d w i t h a u s t e r it y i n m i n d a n d i t s s t a b i l i t y f o r e v er a s t h e ai m o f t r u e a r c h i t ec t u r e , t h a t b u i l d i n g s m u s t b e p r o g r e s s i v e , s i m p l e in d e s i g n b u t d i g n i f i e d , t r u e t o a p u r p o s e w i t h o u t r es o r t i n g t o a n a p p l i e d s e t o f a e s t h e t ic s a n d s h o u l d e t e r n a l ly recreate truth."  “

“ A t r u l y g r e at w o r k o f a r c h i t ec t u r e m u s t e x p r e s s h a r m o n y , s i m p l i c i t y , o r g a n i c b e au t y , .”  n a t u r a l i n t e g r i t y , a n d b e au t y   ― Pablo

Antonio

“ A P r a g m a ti c A p p r o a c h t o  Architecture” 

― Gilbert

Yu

“Make big plans;  a i m h i g h i n h o p e an d w o r k , r em e m b e r i n g t h a t a n o b l e lo g i c a l .”  d i a g r am o n c e r e c o r d e d w i l l n o t d i e  

“ M a k e n o l i t t le p l an s ; t h e y h a v e n o m a g i c to stir men's blood  ”  ― Daniel

Burnham

“Art and Architecture, the new unity” 

― Walter

Gropius

“ I believe that arch itectu re is a p r a g m a t i c ar t . T o b e c o m e ar t i t m u s t b e

built on a foundation of necessity.” 

―

I. M Pei

“ E v e r y o n e u s e d t o w a n t t o b e s t a r architects. That’s no longer the case.” 

―

Shigeru Ban

“I’ve said goodbye to the overw orked notion th at architecture

has to saved the world” “ B u i l d i n g s c a n h a v e a b ea u t i f u l silence.”  ―

“Drawing architecture is a schizoid act: it involves reducing

the world to a piece of paper.” 

―

Eduardo Suoto de Moura

Peter Zumthor

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e s h o u l d s p e a k o f i t s t i m e a n d p l a c e , b u t y e ar n f o r t i m e l e s s n e s s . ” 

― Frank

Gehry

“ W e a r e c al l ed t o b e a r c h i t e c t s o f t h e f u t u r e , n o t i t s v i c t i m s . ” 

― R.

Buckminster Fuller

“ A g r e at b u i l d i n g m u s t b e g i n w i t h t h e u n m e as u r a b l e, m u s t g o t h r o u g h m e as u r a b l e m e a n s w h e n i t is b e i n g d e s i g n e d an d i n t h e e n d m u s t b e u n m e a s u r a b l e . ” 

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e i s t h e r e ac h i n g o u t f o r t h e t r u t h . ”  ― Louis

Kahn

“ C o l o r i n c e r t a in p l a c es h a s t h e g r e a t value of making the outlines and s t r u c t u r a l p l a n e s s e em m o r e e n er g e t i c . ” 

“ T h o s e w h o l o o k f o r t h e l aw s o f N a t u r e a s a s u p p o r t f o r t h e ir n e w w o r k s c o l l a b o r a t e w i t h t h e c r e at o r . ” 

― Antonio

Gaudi

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e i s t h e l e ar n e d g a m e , c o r r e c t a n d m a g n i f ic e n t , o f f o r m s a s s e m b l e d i n t h e l i g h t . ” 

“ A h o u s e i s a m a c h i n e f o r l i v in g i n . ” 

― Le

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e i s b a s i c a l l y a c o n t a i n er of so m ething. I hope they w ill enjoy n o t s o m u c h t h e t ea c u p , b u t t h e t ea .” 

― Yoshio

Taniguchi

Corbusier

“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”     “ L e s s i s m o r e ”

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e s t ar t s w h e n y o u carefully put two bric ks tog ether. T h e r e it b e g i n s .” 

― Ludwig

Mies van der Rohe

“A doctor can bury his mistakes, but a n a rc h i t e c t c a n o n l y a d v i s e h i s

clients to plant vines.”  “ O r g a n i c a r c h i t e c t u r e s e e k s sup erior sense of use and a finer sense of com fort, expressed in o r g a n i c s i m p l ic i t y .” 

― Frank

Lloyd Wright

“ B u i l d i n g a r t i s a s y n t h e s i s o f l i f e i n m a t e r i al i ze d f o r m . W e s h o u l d t r y t o bring in u nder the same hat not a s p l i n t e r e d w a y o f t h i n k i n g , b u t a l l in h a r m o n y t o g e t h er . ” 

―

Alvar Aalto

“Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.” 

“ T o p r o v i d e m e an i n g f u l a r c h i te c t u r e is n o t t o p a r o d y h i s t o r y b u t t o a r t ic u l a t e it .” 

― Daniel

Libeskind

“ F o r m f o l l o w s p r o f i t i s t h e a es t h e t i c p r i n c i p l e o f o u r t i m e s .” 

― Richard

“ F o r m f o l lo w s f u n c t i o n .” 

― Louis

Sullivan

Rogers

“ N o t h i n g r e q u i r e s t h e a rc h i t e c t ' s c a r e m o r e t h an t h e d u e p r o p o r t i o n s o f b u i l d i n g s . ” 

― Marcus

Vitruvius Pollio

“ A r c h i t e c t s h a v e m a d e ar c h i t e c t u r e t o o c o m p l e x . W e n ee d t o s i m p l i f y i t a n d u s e a l a n g u a g e t h a t e v er y o n e c a n u n d e r s t an d . ”  ― Toyo

Ito

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e i s i n v e n t i o n . ” 

― Oscar

Niemeyer

“ A r c h i t e c t s t o d a y t e n d t o d e p r e c i a t e t h e m s e l v es , t o r e g a r d t h e m s e l v e s a s n o m o r e t h an j u s t o r d i n a ry c i t i ze n s w i t h o u t t h e p o w e r t o r e f o r m t h e f u t u r e . ” 

― Kenzo

Tange

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e is h o w t h e p er s o n p l a c e s h e r s e l f i n t h e s p a c e . F as h i o n i s a b o u t h o w y o u p l a c e t h e o b j ec t o n t h e p e r s o n . ” 

― Zaha

“ E ac h n e w s i t u a t i o n r e q u i r e s a n e w a r c h i t e c t u r e . ” 

―

Jean Nouvel

Hadid

“  

You cannot simply put s o m e t h i n g n e w i n t o a p l ac e . Y o u have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the l an d , a n d t h e n u s e t h a t k n o w l e d g e a lo n g w i t h c o n t e m p o r a r y t h i n k i n g t o i n t e r p r e t w h a t y o u s e e. ”  ― Tadao

Ando

“There is a rumor that I can’t draw and never could. This is p r o b a b l y b e c au s e I w o r k s o m u c h w ith mo dels. Models are one of t h e m o s t b e a u t if u l d e s i g n t o o l s , but I still do the finest drawings

you can imagine.” 

―

Jørn Utzon

“ I m a y n o t b e t h e m o s t interesting architect, but I’m still out there and have maintained s o m e p o s i t i o n o f i n t e g r it y . ”  ― David

Chipperfield

“ E a c h

material

has

its

own

shadow . The shadow of stone is no t the same as that of a brittle autumn

leaf.

penetrates

the

The

shadow

material

and

r a d i a t es i t s m e s s a g e . “ 

― Sverre

Fern

“The life of an Architect i s o n e of

fight:

fight

against

u g l i n e s s . ” 

― Massimo

“When an architect is asked wh at his best building is , he

usually answers, “The next one.”

― Emilio

Ambas

Vignelli

the

“I t el l m y s t u d e n t s : y o u m u s t put into your work first effort, secon d love, and third s u f f e r i n g . ”  ― Glenn Murcutt

“ T h e r e a r e m a n y a r c h i t e c t s w h o aren’t really aware of their own patterns,

don’t

just

know

like

their

most

people

patterns

in

private. We find that a really exciting theme because architecture and psychology s u d d e n l y b e c o m e v e r y c l o s e . ”  ― Jacques Herzog

“ O n e o f t h e g r e a t b e a u t i e s of architectu re is that each time, it is like life starting

all over again.” 

― Renzo

Piano

“ I d o n ' t b e l i e v e i n m o r a l i t y i n a r c h i t e c t u r e .”  “ I n any arc hitectu re, there is an equity between function and f u n c t i o n . ” 

the the

pragmatic symbolic

― Michael Graves

“ A r c h i t e c t s i n t h e p a s t h a v e t en d e d t o c o n c e n t r a t e t h e ir a t t en t i o n o n t h e b u i l d i n g a s a s t a t ic o b j e c t . I b e li ev e d y n a m i c s a re m o r e i m p o r t a n t : t h e dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental c o n d i t i o n . ”  ― John

“ M y b u i l d i n g s w i l l b e m y l e g ac y ... t h e y w i l l s p e ak f o r m e l o n g a f t e r I' m g o n e . ” 

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e i s a v i s u a l ar t , a n d t h e b u i l d i n g s s p e a k f o r t h e m s e l v e s . ” 

― Julia

Morgan

Portman

“ A s a r c h i t e c t s w e ar e o f t en i n v o l v e d in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in i m a g i n i n g t h e f u t u r e o f c i t i e s an d t h e t y p e o f r e l at i o n s h i p s a n d t h e t y p e s o f places that we're making is something that intrigues me very m u c h . ”  ― Michael

Arad

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e a r o u s e s s e n t i m e n t s i n m an. The arch itect's task th erefore, is to make those sentiments more p r e c i s e . ” 

“ T h e w o r k o f a r t s h o w s p e o p l e n e w directions and thinks of the future. ”.  The house thinks of the present  ― Adolf

Loos

“ P r o p o r t i o n s a r e w h a t m a k e s t h e old Greek temples classic in th eir b e a u t y . T h ey a r e l i k e h u g e b l o c k s , f r o m w h i c h t h e ai r h a s b e e n l i t er a l ly h e w n o u t b e t w e e n t h e c o l u m n s . ” 

― Arne

Jacobsen

“ A ll architecture is shelter, all g r e a t ar c h i t e c t u r e i s t h e d e s i g n o f space that contains, cuddles, e x a l ts , o r s t i m u l a t es t h e p e r s o n s in that s p a c e .” 

― Philip

Johnson

“ S p a c e h a s a l w a y s b e e n t h e s p i r i t u a l d i m e n s i o n o f a r c h i t e c t u r e . It i s n o t t h e p h y s i c a l s t a t em e n t o f t h e s t r u c t u r e s o m u c h a s w h a t i t c o n t a in s t h a t m o v e s u s . ” 

― Arthur

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e

is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sens ible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. ” 

― Harry

Seidler 

Erickson

“ P e o p l e c a n i n h a b i t a n y t h i n g . A n d they can be miserable in anythin g a n d e c s t a t i c i n a n y t h i n g . M o r e an d m o r e I t h i n k t h a t ar c h i t e c t u r e h a s nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and a l a r m i n g . ” 

― Rem

“ A r c h i t e c t u r e i s an a r t w h e n o n e consciously or unconsciously c r e a t es a e s t h e t i c e m o t i o n i n t h e atmosphere and when this environment produces well-  b e i n g .” 

― Luis

Barragan

Koolhaas