Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.
Bjarke IngelsRead
Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects.
Interpretation
We should create environments that enhance our society and protect the planet.
This quote emphasizes the importance of thoughtful design in our world, advocating for solutions that foster positive social interactions and environmental sustainability. It challenges us to rethink how our creations and infrastructures can contribute to a healthier and more supportive society while also respecting the ecological balance of our planet.
In practice
In a conference about sustainable development, this quote can be shared to inspire attendees.
Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.
One of the dilemmas of architecture in general is that there is a Catch-22 - you can't actually get to be commissioned to do certain types of building until you've already built that type of building. So it seems to be incredibly hard to get going.
For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible.
In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives.
I don't have to come up with the best idea. It is my job to make sure that it is always the best idea that wins.
I believe that architecture, as anything else in life, is evolutionary. Ideas evolve; they don't come from outer space and crash into the drawing board.
It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their own comfortable little God damn mediocrity.
The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea. Everything was romantic in my imagination. The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
Move beyond the old assumptions, practices, and language that can be barriers to equal access.
These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.
I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
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