“Evil can also be beautiful. The Coliseum in Rome, for example, a wonderful structure with an awful past. Just think about the bloody gladiator fights there.” ThinkingPastBeautifulFightingEvilWonderfulExampleStructureAwfulSatanRomeBloodyColiseum Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Lagos was the ultimate dysfunctional city - but actually, in terms of all the initiatives and ingenuity, it mobilised an incredibly beautiful, almost utopian landscape of independence and agency.” BeautifulTermCitiesUltimateIndependenceLandscapeAgencyInitiativeIngenuityUtopian Author:Rem Koolhaas
“In Lagos there's a really strong case to resurrect strong parts. Embedded in all of it are some amazing pieces of planning, amazing pieces of engineering and interaction. For instance, the campus of Lagos University is stunningly beautiful, efficient and generous, and that needs to be recognised and preserved.” NeedsBeautifulStrongCasesPiecesUniversityPlanningInstanceGenerousEfficientInteractionEngineeringCampusEmbedded Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands. So yes, I'm definitely perhaps contradictory person, but I operate in very contradictory times.” PersonsLastsBeautifulForeverBuildingDemandIncrediblesContradictoryBatteries Author:Rem Koolhaas
