Juhani Pallasmaa quotes

“The door handle is the handshake of the building.”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

Source : Juhani Pallasmaa (2012). “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses”, p.62, John Wiley & Sons

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“Gravity is measured by the bottom of the foot; we trace the density and texture of the ground through our soles. Standing barefoot on a smooth glacial rock by the sea at sunset, and sensing the warmth of the sun-heated stone through one's soles, is an extraordinarily healing experience, making one part of the eternal cycle of nature. One senses the slow breathing of the earth.”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

Source : Juhani Pallasmaa (2012). “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses”, p.62, John Wiley & Sons

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“Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place.”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

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“A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being.”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

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“Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves andthe world, and this mediation takes place through the senses”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

Source : Juhani Pallasmaa (2012). “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses”, p.77, John Wiley & Sons

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“I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

Source : "Encounters: Architectural Essays". Book by Juhani Pallasmaa, 2006.

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“I dwell in the city and the city dwells in me.”
-- Juhani Pallasmaa

Source : Juhani Pallasmaa (2012). “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses”, p.43, John Wiley & Sons

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“If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.”

“What are you doing?" "I'm going to enjoy a long overdue make-out session with my girl. That's what I'm doing." I explained, stepping into the room and closing the door behind me with one shove of my foot.”

“The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, Thomas Sprat (1710). “The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley ...: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed, and Those which He Design'd for the Press, Publish'd Out of the Author's Original Copies ; with The Cutter of Coleman-street”, p.179

“The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!”

“Actually, I have a lot of hobbies, but I've kept up with model-building the longest. In particular, I love military models.”

“Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.”

“You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.”

“To me, the coaching profession is one of the noblest and most far-reaching in building manhood.”

“When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work.”