Event

“In a park you can join a big group but at the same time, somebody could be next to you alone, reading a book or just drinking juice. I like that feeling, or that character for public buildings.” —Kazuyo Sejima
The park is successful because of the activity of its users. There is always the potential of event, of interaction, of new networks to form.

A city of formal zoning regulations and image-driven architecture loses its ability to create and stage events. The architect must also play choreographer; the building is as much a composition of people and programmes as one of line and colour.
“SANAA does not begin with imagining a form, but with imagining how light and wind flow through a window and a door.” —Ryue Nishizawa