ECAL School of Art
Lausanne-Renens, 2005-2007
Created in 1821, the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) is a swiss school of visual arts, located in Renens, near Lausanne. Recently, a former factory that housed IRIL, a knitwear company that produced stockings and other clothing, was…
People want buildings that reflect the ideas of our time. But architecture alway acts as if it were timeless. Or it takes cover and tries to be invisible as possible….most architects underestimate the fact that they’re not constructing neutral shells with their buildings but helping to determine the atmosphere.
— Greg Lynn on avoiding neutrality. Lynn, G. In: Rauterberg, H, 2008. Talking Architecture. Munich : Berlin : London : New York: Prestel Verlag, pp.116-121. (via fwdarc)
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
— Frank Lloyd Wright (via arkitektomasino)
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One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity
— Rem Koolhaas (1944-)
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