Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis: Value

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis was Greek architect. Explore interesting quotes on value.

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis: 52 quotes3 likes

“We should not forget that the value of seeing lies in the information capacity of vision.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 9, The house group, p. 120

“At present the machines are in control and no human values are respected.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 9, The house group, p. 132

“We should never forget that values of the past are first overlooked when a change is necessary, but later they are understood and re-established.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 7, The room , p. 98

“we forget that the polis, no matter whether old or new, has its own dimensions and its own scale; and if we impose on it solutions corresponding to larger scales, we do it a lot of harm and we destroy all its values.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 11, The polis, p. 154