Celebrated American-Polish architect Daniel Libeskind has been interviewed by Plane-Site prior to the Time-Space exhibition, organized by the European Cultural Center (ECC) in Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora, and Giardini Marinaressa. The exhibition takes place under the umbrella of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
In the interview, Libeskind discusses the connection between architecture and time as well as the role memories play in design. He also points out the vitality of drawing to architectural design by giving an example from his work on the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Finally, he talks about his anticipated Ground Zero masterplan in New York City.
Libeskind starts by quoting Shakespeare: “Time is out of joint.” He explains that time comes towards us from the future, not from the past, and that should be reflected in buildings which also move forward, during construction and throughout their whole lifespan. “…time itself is out of joint, and in his disjointing, that’s where the building happens; that’s a moment in which a building is built.”
Jewish Museum in Berlin – Image via Wikimedia Commons
Then, he moves to the importance of drawing and how he started his career in architecture and went through it by drawing. He explains that architectural drawing is similar to music notation. and adds that he called his project for the Jewish Museum in Berlin “Between the Lines.”
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