e x h i b i t i o n s
private space
"You know the term 'reengineering'? Reengineering is a slightly ominous term that is associated with getting rid of people. ... So architecture becomes about reengineering identity." (Rem Koolhaas, in Nicolai Ouroussoff, lat_99.12.31)
big consolation
Q: "It is not unusual today to hear architects complain about the increasing irrelevance of their profession, that their work serves a small cultural elite and has little effect on society at large. Do you think the profession of architecture--in the traditional sense--is dying out?"
A: "I think that architects can only deal with those issues that they are asked to deal with. On the one hand, the architect can do nothing without a demand; on the other, architecture currently cannot respond to most of the demands, and that is the real tragedy."
(Rem Koolhaas, in Nicolai Ouroussoff, lat_99.12.31)
exciting, like working in mud
Q: "... what is the job of an architect today?"
A: "For me, architecture will eventually be simply a profession about how to organize events. It sounds corny. But whether the product needs to be articulated in substance or not is becoming increasingly irrelevant. ..."
(Rem Koolhaas, in Nicolai Ouroussoff, lat_99.12.31)
critical saddle
Q: "Does there have to be a critical component to that, in the old avant-garde sense? Or is the architect's role to remain neutral?"
A: "In architecture, there is this kind of symbolic posturing of resistance, where the outcome is always certain because nothing happens. ...
So I think that wanting to stay in the saddle is better than saying I don't want to participate."
(Rem Koolhaas, in Nicolai Ouroussoff, lat_99.12.31)
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