Peter Zumthor Quotes About Architecture

Quotes about: Architecture

• I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world.

  Peter Zumthor

  Goodbye, World, Architecture

• Architecture is not about form

  Peter Zumthor

  Architecture, Form

• In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know that you don’t know, conscious, unconscious, things which in a fragrant of a second you can react to: we can all imagine why this capacity was given to us as human beings - I guess to survive. Architecture to me has the same kind of capacity. It takes longer to capture, but the essence to me is the same. I call this atmosphere. When you experience a building and it gets to you. It sticks in your memory and your feelings. I guess thats what I am trying to do.

  Peter Zumthor

  Memories, Essence, Feelings

• When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.

  Peter Zumthor

  Believe, Space, Ideas

  "Pritzker Prize Goes to Peter Zumthor". Interview with Robin Pogrebin, www.nytimes.com. April 12, 2009.

• Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, but as an envelope and background for life which goes on in and around it, a sensitive container for the rhythm of footsteps on the floor, for the concentration of work, for the silence of sleep.

  Peter Zumthor

  Sleep, Thinking, Silence

  Peter Zumthor (1998). “Peter Zumthor”

• There was a time when I experienced architecture without thinking about it.

  Peter Zumthor

  Thinking, Architecture

  Peter Zumthor (1998). “Peter Zumthor”

• I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.

  Peter Zumthor

  Thinking, Chance, Architecture

• In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.

  Peter Zumthor

  Waste, Resistance, Architecture

  Peter Zumthor (1999). “Architektur denken”

• Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.

  Peter Zumthor

  Past, Quality, Body

  Peter Zumthor (1998). “Peter Zumthor”

• There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.

  Peter Zumthor

  Real, Quality, Needs

• If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether its a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.

  Peter Zumthor

  Simple, Space, Mountain

• Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.

  Peter Zumthor

  Letting Go, Order, Care

  "Peter Zumthor: In pursuit of perfection" by Rowan Moore, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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