Top 8 Quotes by Bernard Tschumi

Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.

Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.

Architecture, Form

Bernard Tschumi (2012). “Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color”, Rizzoli International Publications

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

Mean, Order, Space

Bernard Tschumi (1996). “Architecture and Disjunction”, p.122, MIT Press

Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.

Bernard Tschumi

Architecture, Building, Cathedrals

To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.

Bernard Tschumi

Appreciate, Needs, May

Bernard Tschumi, Todd Gannon, Laurie A. Gunzelman (2003). “Bernard Tschumi/Zenith de Rouen: Source Books in Architecture”, p.18, Princeton Architectural Press

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

Eye, Bricks And Mortar, Comfort

Bernard Tschumi (1996). “Architecture and Disjunction”, p.247, MIT Press

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

Views, Architecture, Stage