Financial power is no legitimation to use more materials from non-renewable and non-degradable sources than is absolutely vital. Whenever we start planning and building, we should ask ourselves: What would the world be like if this building – in its material use, energy use, and way of construction – would be multiplied a few billion times? A building’s manifestation on a material level is just as important as the immaterial impact, reflected in social relations and knowledge.
Last updated: July 02, 2014
Financial power is no legitimation to use more materials from non-renewable and non-degradable sources than is absolutely vital. Whenever we start planning and building, we should ask ourselves: What would the world be like if this building – in its material use, energy use, and way of construction – would be multiplied a few billion times? A building’s manifestation on a material level is just as important as the immaterial impact, reflected in social relations and knowledge.