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58 Water and Landscape
Josep Lluís Mateo
Günther Vogt
“Formless. Colourless. Tasteless. – Necessary to life.”
“Water today is super politicised; it is the gold of the future.”
42 Palafitic 44 Surrealism 46 Bunkers
58 Piscinas do Atlântico
Paulo David “Working in a space as sensitive as this, the project reconstructs part of this telluric seascape.”
48 Bunker Archeology
Paul Virilio
58 Termas Geométricas
50 Postscriptum: Virilio and the Elements
Germán del Sol
Richard Scoffier
“The constant movement of water and fire that always change, but go nowhere, appears in all its natural splendour, seducing everyone into a calm spirit.”
“It was caves, those hostile spaces dug into the ground, that provided effective refuge for the victims of a totally deregulated world.” 50 Panta Rhei and Plato’s Revenge
Michael Hampe “If you cut this building into two parts, you do not get two buildings; you get a broken building. Conversely, if you cut water, you get water.” 52 On Roofs
Marcel Meili
Eva Afuhs, Wasser I (‘Water I’), photographic study, 1994-1998
“The roof is an integrative element, where things are summarised as an aggregate. In contemporary terms, this means seeing the project as a ship that can contain the whole world.”
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