this book

“quotes”
POlYFORM
”Denmark is the only country in the world
nowadays were they make Dutch architecture of the
nineties”.
“A trend is to be simple. One two and three is the
solution for everything”.
“Shape can do something. Not only be pragmatic but
do something because it is beautiful”.
“In a competition it is important to be different
from other plans. The half of the plans look the
same”.
“We can work on different scales. From furniture
to large scale urban plans. The method is the
same, the scale different”.
JAJA
“I’m proud that my mother can understand what im
doing. But underneath these images there’s a lot
of complexity”.
“Global architecture is not durable sustainable.
If the climate is different the materials should
be different. Windows bigger. So for making
good functioning architecture you cannot copy
buildings”.
“We look for simplicity. During the process the
plan will get more complex by itself. Simplicity
is complex”.
“Experience in public space is important. It is a
reason to visit a city and to come back”.
SLA
“We are a reaction to the modernist Danish
tradition. It is to boring and to defensive.to
stable and not surprising enough”.
“Landscape is coincidence. Architecture is strict
and controlled. We want to surprise and provoke
people”.
“Public space is a place for the senses”.
“In contemporary society you don’t have to use
public space anymore for your needs fi we have to
compete with computergames”.
LOLA LANSKAP
“We are educated at Upsalla University. It has
a more agricultural point of view on landscape.
There s a fear of cities..”