Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. "The client made me do this." "The city made me do this." "Oh, the budget." I don't believe that anymore.
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Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Architecture is a collaborative and improvisational process, much like jazz music.
Frank Gehry compares architecture to jazz in that both involve creative collaboration and spontaneity. He suggests that through this process, architects can better understand urban environments and what they might evolve into, emphasizing the importance of interaction and flexibility in design.
Themes
ArchitectureCollaborationImprovisationCreativityCity
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about innovative urban design at a conference, you might quote Gehry to emphasize the importance of collaboration.
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