Award-winning architect Tatiana Bilbao spoke in an interview released by Louisiana Channel about her frustrations with today’s concept of sustainability in architecture. Living in Mexico, which Bilbao describes as a “country with no resources,” she states that people are accustomed to not wasting resources and that “sustainability” is a natural part of daily life. “I hate the word ‘sustainability’ because I think it has become a word that can qualify a type of architecture, and for me it should be embedded.”
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Juhani Pallasmaa: "Architecture Is a Mediation Between the World and Our Minds"
Juhani Pallasmaa Interview: Art and Architecture from Louisiana Channel on Vimeo.
In this video from the Louisiana Channel, Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa expounds on his view of the importance of art and architecture. In order to begin to understand this relationship, Pallasmaa stresses the importance of literature and self-construction, along with understanding the history and culture of a place.
https://www.archdaily.com/895039/juhani-pallasmaa-architecture-is-a-mediation-between-the-world-and-our-mindsCollin Abdallah
Wang Shu: "Architecture is Not Just an Object That You Place in the Environment"
[Architecture can] change the life of people and give them a new one right away. This is not a job for normal people to do. This should be the work of God.
https://www.archdaily.com/867965/wang-shu-architecture-is-not-just-an-object-that-you-place-in-the-environmentAD Editorial Team
Video: Dan Stubbergaard Explores Architecture's Social Impact through Time and Context
"The role of public buildings should be the first to show quality, sustainability, and an embrace of the people," says Copenhagen native and architect, Dan Stubbergaard, in this recent video from the Louisiana Channel. In COBE: Monuments of the Future, Stubbergaard speaks in favor of architecture that reinforces the welfare state, beginning with the philosophy behind the process: "Our buildings are like a hard disk of our memory or history" says Stubbergaard, "and you can see that this was the best you could do at that time."
Founder and creative director of COBE in Copenhagen, Stubbergaard focuses his practice on work varying from public space to large urban planning. Stubbergaard explains how architecture can be a way to understand how cities grow, live, break down and grow again. It is the architecture, the buildings and structure that direct people to the most popular cities, as it is "embedded into the history."
https://www.archdaily.com/769292/video-dan-stubbergaard-explores-architectures-social-impact-through-time-and-contextJoey Jacobson