Danish architect Bjarke Ingels says he is proud that BIG buildings don't have an identifiable style, in the latest episode of new podcast Time Sensitive.
Speaking to Andrew Zuckerman, co-host of Time Sensitive, Ingels said he is glad people think BIG's architecture lacks cohesion.
"I would definitely take it as a compliment, because I would normally say that having a style is almost the sum of all of your inhibitions," he stated. "It's like a straitjacket that keeps you confined to who you were and inhibits you from who you could become."
The BIG founder said he places more focus on the approach to architecture than on the end result.
"I would like to stay rigorous in how we approach things, but I would rather be rigorous in the questions I ask more than the answers I come up with," he explained. "Hopefully, the answers should always be informed by new information." Ingels learned from OMA
In the interview, which is available to download from today, Ingels said that he got his first taste of this approach while working for his favourite architect, Rem Koolhaas, at Rotterdam-based firm OMA.
He explained that he joined OMA with the belief that every building came out of Koolhaas' mind fully formed. But he quickly learned that was not the case.
"I was so in love with the whole idea of OMA. I read everything Rem Koolhaas ever said or wrote. And I had a pretty fixed idea of how it was," Ingels said.
Bjarke Ingels learned his proc...