Gottfried Boehm Architect Statement

Gottfried Bohm (lahir 23 Januari 1920) adalah Jerman arsitek , dia saat ini satu-satunya arsitek Jerman menjadi Pritzker Prize Nobel.

Berikut beberapa statement dari Gottfried Boehm tentang arsitektur dan karyanya :

1.      "Architecture must make connections" – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://articles.philly.com/1986-04-23/entertainment/26077753_1_pritzker-jury-hyatt-foundation-pritzker-winners

2.      “I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.” – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm

3.      “I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the  landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.” – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber:http://thoughts.forbes.com/thoughts/gottfriedboehmttp://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm

4.      “A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function” – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm

5.      “ That the future for architects does not lie so much in continuing to consume ever more areas of open countryside with building, but in mending and restoring order to existing towns and villages by creating links between functions, structures, materials and so on" – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : Companion to Contemporary Architectural Thought. diedit oleh Ben Farmer,Hentie J. Louw

6.       “New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time” – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm

7.      “You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected” – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm

8.      “Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye” – Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm

9.      Mr. Bohm explained that he designs each of his buildings with an overriding concern that the new structure connect in as many ways as possible - in color, material, style, social function - with the existing architecture of the neighborhood.

Sumber : http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/18/arts/pritzker-prize-to-bohm.html

10.  ''Our cities don't need just new buildings,'' he said. ''They need buildings that help make connections. What we admire in great cities is that all of its parts connect. I believe that architecture and urban planning can encourage a sense of community among human beings, and even influence their relations among one other.''– Gottfried Böhm

Sumber : http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/18/arts/pritzker-prize-to-bohm.html