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Manolo Paz impossible on impossible architecture

model of the City of Culture of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela (1999-unfinished)

Peter: I do not think we started as a political project. My opinion is that at first this was the project of Manuel Fraga. [...] We said it would be too expensive. He replied, that's not your problem. We said that the library could hold 250,000 books and asked a million. We have.

Albert: should not be attributed solely to the form of government this trend toward gigantism. Rapidly acquired wealth is as much a part of it as the need to demonstrate their own strengths, whatever the reasons. [...] no clutch, the desire to Hitler by the exaggeration in the size went beyond what they confessed to the workers: the maximum size was to glorify his work, increase self confidence.

Model of Berlin's Olympic Stadium (1937-unfinished)

P: Consensus does not build anything good. And right-wing governments are less concerned about consensus. Everything we've built that has some value we have built under conservative governments: Ohio, Arizona, Germany, Italy, Galicia ... Conservative governments are aware of the financial value architecture and are willing to take risks because they feel compelled to justify to the public. That, I think, is the difference between right and left: to whom you feel responsible for what you do.

A: talked about the Olympics. As I had done on several previous occasions, I called attention to the effect that my field of sports did not have Olympic size specified, to which Hitler replied [...] :
, "is completely devoid of importance . The Olympic Games return to be held in Tokyo in 1940. But then always take place in Germany in this stadium. And will we quines then determine what dimensions should have the playing field. " According to our plan of work, exactly calculated, the stadium would be completed by the party congress in 1945 ...

P: The Getty Center by Richard Meier took 15 years to build. When he was ready was already an old building. I like to believe that the Cidade not old, nor will old so quickly. Is far from adjectives such as new or old.

Quotes Peter Eisenman ( interviewed by Anatxu Zabalbeascoa ) and Albert Speer (of Memories ).