1.
Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.
Bernard Tschumi
2.
Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.
Bernard Tschumi
3.
Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.
Bernard Tschumi
4.
To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.
Bernard Tschumi
5.
My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.
Bernard Tschumi
6.
The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.
Bernard Tschumi
7.
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.
Bernard Tschumi
8.
I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret
Bernard Tschumi
