H ybridit y & Conne c t ivit y
Connect ions m issed Connect ions m ade Connect ions illusive Longed for and im agined. Connect ions lost Found Severed I nvent ed Disconnect ed And secured.
The t im e has com e t o conceive of archit ect ure urbanist ically and urbanism archit ect urally.
Nan Ellin
Aldo Van Eyck
The great challenge of t he 21st cent ury is t o st rengt hen t he forces of int egrat ion and weaken t he forces of disint egrat ion and dest ruct ion.
Urbanism is som et hing t hat creat es pot ent ial, and archit ect ure is som et hing t hat exploit s pot ent ial, exhaust s pot ent ial ‌. Urbanism is generous, and archit ect ure is egot ist ical.
Form er President Bill Clint on
Rem Koolhaas