calm.
fragment.
at peace, free from disorder and vulgarity.
conflict ceases, the eye calms, the cogito
gives up doubting, the direction
becomes clear.
of the non visible, of the non material -
a great task.
light, efficiency, floor finishes and white
walls, it is a matter of awakening
people’s sensitivity.
that counts.
relaxing the willing eye for a seeing
free from possessiveness.
between figures no opposites, no clutter,
no tension, no fragments.
plain surfaces.
in shadow - coolness.
the fashions of time.
forms fears simplicity.
and for a while be free from thinking
about what we are going to do.
and sky, divinities and mortals.
– innovative thought is a must.
to architecture, but simply of being
sensitive.
it is invisible. There are no gestures,
trends or styles.
and geometry. Simple, clear geometry:
non-referential, not the expression
of the ego it is understood by all.
that life itself grants us.
maximum intensity.
not the expression of the ego
– it is understood by all.
completely, in the same way that
the solidity of a mountain,
the vastness of the sea,
or the immensity of the sky
captures and holds your vision.
instead of light as a quantum.
in a limited fragment.
it is invisible. There are no gestures,
trends or styles. .
neither nature nor architecture prevails,
but exist in harmony.
of materials, of figures, of lines,
of colours, of signs.
plain surfaces.
we now consider errors that
motivated the great works of art.
and Gothic cathedrals...
whatever has grown out of religion
and near it, cannot grow again
once religion has been destroyed.
everything else that he honours
and esteems: in this way he perfects
an object (idealises it).
the great Italian Masters: with superb style
they teach us about the spiritual quality
of materials, and the emotion of solidity
that a form or configuration must embody
and express in order to transcend the ordinary
and the temporary.
in order to render the potential infinity
of things. Creating forms that make us feel
the lack of durability and inevitable dissolution
of the matter that we ourselves are made of.
that let the earth be earth,that make the sky
nearer, the sun’s splendour more intense,
the night closer to night, the horizon open,
the space visible, the water almost touching us.
calculated,mathematical thought
and let your mindbe guided by your eye
and by your heart.
(rather than through loud and ostentatious forms),
the soul gives up fighting against its earthly fate
and finds peace.
Through the pursuit of absolute perfection,
architecture turns matter into abstract form,
creating visions that do not seem to belong
to the material world.
Thus the divine is brought closer to the soul.
aphorisms
calm.
fragment.
at peace, free from disorder and vulgarity.
conflict ceases, the eye calms, the cogito
gives up doubting, the direction
becomes clear.
of the non visible, of the non material -
a great task.
light, efficiency, floor finishes and white
walls, it is a matter of awakening
people’s sensitivity.
that counts.
relaxing the willing eye for a seeing
free from possessiveness.
between figures no opposites, no clutter,
no tension, no fragments.
plain surfaces.
in shadow - coolness.
the fashions of time.
forms fears simplicity.
and for a while be free from thinking
about what we are going to do.
and sky, divinities and mortals.
– innovative thought is a must.
to architecture, but simply of being
sensitive.
it is invisible. There are no gestures,
trends or styles.
and geometry. Simple, clear geometry:
non-referential, not the expression
of the ego it is understood by all.
that life itself grants us.
maximum intensity.
not the expression of the ego
– it is understood by all.
completely, in the same way that
the solidity of a mountain,
the vastness of the sea,
or the immensity of the sky
captures and holds your vision.
instead of light as a quantum.
in a limited fragment.
it is invisible. There are no gestures,
trends or styles. .
neither nature nor architecture prevails,
but exist in harmony.
of materials, of figures, of lines,
of colours, of signs.
plain surfaces.
we now consider errors that
motivated the great works of art.
and Gothic cathedrals...
whatever has grown out of religion
and near it, cannot grow again
once religion has been destroyed.
everything else that he honours
and esteems: in this way he perfects
an object (idealises it).
the great Italian Masters: with superb style
they teach us about the spiritual quality
of materials, and the emotion of solidity
that a form or configuration must embody
and express in order to transcend the ordinary
and the temporary.
in order to render the potential infinity
of things. Creating forms that make us feel
the lack of durability and inevitable dissolution
of the matter that we ourselves are made of.
that let the earth be earth,that make the sky
nearer, the sun’s splendour more intense,
the night closer to night, the horizon open,
the space visible, the water almost touching us.
calculated,mathematical thought
and let your mindbe guided by your eye
and by your heart.
(rather than through loud and ostentatious forms),
the soul gives up fighting against its earthly fate
and finds peace.
Through the pursuit of absolute perfection,
architecture turns matter into abstract form,
creating visions that do not seem to belong
to the material world.
Thus the divine is brought closer to the soul.
aphorisms
calm.
fragment.
at peace, free from disorder and vulgarity.
conflict ceases, the eye calms, the cogito
gives up doubting, the direction
becomes clear.
of the non visible, of the non material -
a great task.
light, efficiency, floor finishes and white
walls, it is a matter of awakening
people’s sensitivity.
that counts.
relaxing the willing eye for a seeing
free from possessiveness.
between figures no opposites, no clutter,
no tension, no fragments.
plain surfaces.
in shadow - coolness.
the fashions of time.
forms fears simplicity.
and for a while be free from thinking
about what we are going to do.
and sky, divinities and mortals.
– innovative thought is a must.
to architecture, but simply of being
sensitive.
it is invisible. There are no gestures,
trends or styles.
and geometry. Simple, clear geometry:
non-referential, not the expression
of the ego it is understood by all.
that life itself grants us.
maximum intensity.
not the expression of the ego
– it is understood by all.
completely, in the same way that
the solidity of a mountain,
the vastness of the sea,
or the immensity of the sky
captures and holds your vision.
instead of light as a quantum.
in a limited fragment.
it is invisible. There are no gestures,
trends or styles. .
neither nature nor architecture prevails,
but exist in harmony.
of materials, of figures, of lines,
of colours, of signs.
plain surfaces.
we now consider errors that
motivated the great works of art.
and Gothic cathedrals...
whatever has grown out of religion
and near it, cannot grow again
once religion has been destroyed.
everything else that he honours
and esteems: in this way he perfects
an object (idealises it).
the great Italian Masters: with superb style
they teach us about the spiritual quality
of materials, and the emotion of solidity
that a form or configuration must embody
and express in order to transcend the ordinary
and the temporary.
in order to render the potential infinity
of things. Creating forms that make us feel
the lack of durability and inevitable dissolution
of the matter that we ourselves are made of.
that let the earth be earth,that make the sky
nearer, the sun’s splendour more intense,
the night closer to night, the horizon open,
the space visible, the water almost touching us.
calculated,mathematical thought
and let your mindbe guided by your eye
and by your heart.
(rather than through loud and ostentatious forms),
the soul gives up fighting against its earthly fate
and finds peace.
Through the pursuit of absolute perfection,
architecture turns matter into abstract form,
creating visions that do not seem to belong
to the material world.
Thus the divine is brought closer to the soul.