“A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy.”
Walter Gropius (1883–1969) German architect (1883-1969) and founder of the Bauhaus School
In 'The Observer' (London), 'Sayings of the Week'
“I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience.”
Encounters (2006).
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Context: I see you, and you see me. I experience you, and you experience me. I see your behaviour. You see my behaviour. But I do not and never have and never will see your experience of me. Just as you cannot "see" my experience of you. My experience of you is not "inside" me. It is simply you, as I experience you. And I do not experience you as inside me. Similarly, I take it that you do not experience me as inside you.
"My experience of you" is just another form of words for "you-as-l-experience-you", and "your experience of me" equals "me-as-you-experience-me". Your experience of me is not inside you and my experience of you is not inside me, but your experience of me is invisible to me and my experience of you is invisible to you.
“Authenticity is the rarest and most important privilege that can belong to a human being.”
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Original: L'autenticità è il privilegio più raro ed importante che possa appartenere ad un essere umano.
Source: prevale.net
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“Recapitulation”
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“Some of the worst crimes against humanity are committed by architecture students.”
Charles Stross The Laundry Files
Source: The Laundry Files, The Jennifer Morgue (2006), Chapter 1, “Random Ramona” (p. 18)