"It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."
Le Petit Prince
THE LAST FLIGHT
Talented architecture goes beyond a physical structure. Even goes beyond a physical world. The combination of materials, weight, light and form are greater than the sum of its parts. Plant the idea in this flowery pot and it will lead you to the creation of tension and mystery. It is in this mystery through which our imagination is activated, enabling us to relate, contextualize and go beyond our physical experience. Without this ingredient the created image is just a simple sum of the parts, no more than just an algorithm in which these parts are arranged. Each of us can recall how many countless hours were spent playing with LEGO. But as grown-ups we hardly remember how in physical space our imagination would transform simple cubic structures into our fantasies. We must see architecture as a covenant to explore and stimulate the imagination through a visual language that can offer another spatial experience.
“Art is not decoration. Art is supposed to become a part of the building, so that the building and the art supplement each other, making it all come together,”
Bjarne Hammer, Senior Partner at Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
