Author: Bernard Tschumi

Quotes

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.

- Bernard Tschumi

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

- Bernard Tschumi

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.

- Bernard Tschumi

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

- Bernard Tschumi

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

- Bernard Tschumi

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

- Bernard Tschumi

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