Our Idea Of Nature Is Increasingly Being

The Aesthetic Of Architecture Has To Be Rooted In A Broader Idea About Human Activities Like Walking, Relaxing And Communicating. Architecture Thinks About How These Activities Can Be Given Added Value.

I'm Often Called An Old-fashioned Modernist. But The Modernists Had The Absurd Idea That Architecture Could Heal The World. That's Impossible. And Today Nobody Expects Architects To Have These Grand Visions Any More.

You Might Say That When You Step Inside, You're Entering A Honorific Space, But That's Something Totally Different Than Experiencing It. And In Architecture The Experience Comes First. That Has The Deepest Effect On Us.

So I Am Totally Aware That When I Defend The Autonomy Of Art I'm Going Counter To My Own Development. It's More An Instinctive Reaction, Meant To Protect The Private Aspect Of The Work, The Part I Am Most Interested In And Which Nowadays Is At Risk In Our Culture.

Art In Progress. Mak Has Occupied A Unique And Valuable Space As International Host For Discourse Between The Arts And Architecture.