“Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client asks and reinterpret it.” WayNeedsLooksTwoAsksDemandArchitectClientsTwo Ways Author:Rem Koolhaas
“You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.” NeedsLooksModernConditionsInequalityTypicalModern Society 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
“I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsKindImportantCertainLevelsWillingEvolutionIntellectualArguingRationalJustify Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don't like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do.” NeedsTermCan DoCommunicatePleasantPrada Author:Rem Koolhaas
“The thing is that I have a really intense, almost compulsive need to record. But it doesn't end there, because what I record is somehow transformed into a creative thing. There is a continuity. Recording is the beginning of a conceptual production. I am somehow collapsing the two - recording and producing - into a single event.” NeedsTwoEndsCreativeRecordsEventsProductionsIntenseTransformedContinuity Author:Rem Koolhaas
