guest talk : TREIVAS ARCHITECTURE BUREAU

tuesday 29.3.2022 18HRS ZOOM — ID : 944 0866 4685

 

Olga Treivas: Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!

Great ideas appear out of the blue: a ball of yarn found in the drawer or a jar of pickles could be the source of inspiration. But sometimes this process of symbol searching can get so ridiculous, that it gets close to the cargo cult — when something banal seems extraordinary and even magical.

The Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman, who has popularized and broadened this term, warned researchers of not getting too charmed with the form that can be deceptively perfect but empty. It’s the honesty and ability to doubt your own work that make the form integral.

Architect’s path is somewhat similar to the path of the researcher. Behind every great building are dreams, feelings and emotions that bring the shape to life. The true craft of an architect is to transform these sentiments into a structure, to make it functional yet meaningful. Integrity, emotion and sincerity — that is what makes architecture truly special.

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Olga Treivas 

Architect, artist and designer. Born in Moscow. Graduated Moscow Architectural Institute. In 2011 she founded FORM Architecture Bureau. Since 2020 — founder and director of Treivas Architecture Bureau. Participant of various solo and group exhibitions, among them is the expanded programme of Venice Biennale and Kandinsky Prize nominees’ show. Works and lives between Moscow and Saó Paulo.