“What is now called "green architecture" is an opportunistic caricature of a much deeper consideration of the issues related to sustainability that architecture has been engaged with for many years. It was one of the first professions that was deeply concerned with these issues and that had an intellectual response to them.” YearsFirstsHas BeensIssuesIntellectualConcernedGreenResponseDeeperProfessionArchitectureRelatedEngagedConsiderationSustainabilityCaricatures Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Manhattan has generated a shameless architecture that has been loved in direct proportion to its defiant lack of self-hatred, has been respected exactly to the degree that it went too far.” Has BeensSelfDegreesDirectHatredArchitectureProportionManhattanSelf HatredShameless Author:Rem Koolhaas
“That has been another interesting discovery: that basically a city [Lagos] could recover from a really deep, deep, deep pit.” Has BeensInterestingCitiesDiscoveryPitsReally Deep Author:Rem Koolhaas
“I studied in London in 1968. Our school had a separate department of tropical architecture. Of course it was totally unfashionable, partly because nobody wanted to think about colonialism, but basically what you learned there was that, OK, the sun is here, so you should create natural ventilation here - an unbelievable amount of really sound principles that have been completely abandoned, so now everything is air conditioned with big machines.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensBigsWantedSchoolCoursesSoundNaturalPrinciplesSunAirAmountMachinesLondonArchitectureDepartmentAbandonedColonialismUnbelievableTropicalVentilation Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.” Has BeensMajorsArchitectureDriversGhettoGothic Architecture Author:Rem Koolhaas
“That has been my entire life story. Running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. The acceptance of certain realities doesn’t preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.” Has BeensSometimesStoriesRealityRunningCertainAcceptanceCurrentsIdealismBreakthroughLife StoryUnderestimated Author:Rem Koolhaas
