DANIEL LIBESKIND, DECONSTRUCTIVIST?

I came across this fascinating article of a Daniel Libeskind interview from The Double Negative. During a discussion on the Jewish Museum, it appears Libeskind believes

that no matter what is exhibited within the space the audience should be able to understand the buildings story in order to form their own understanding. Topics discussed: deconstructivism, Jewish Museum Berlin, Imperial War Museum North Manchester, World Trade Centre Masterplan.

“The word as you know, comes more from the world of philosophy and from literary criticism, from law, from sociology, from many other disciplines, so I always thought that it was not really a very good word for architecture, because architecture, if anything, doesn’t really deconstruct — it constructs things.” - Daniel Libeskind, interview with Alex Croll, The Double Negative

Check it out here:

http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2015/11/it-doesnt-interest-me-just-to-build-buildings-the-big-interview-daniel-libeskind/ [accessed 15.11.15]

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