Zumthor: 'There are still some people who believe in architecture as art'

摘要

This week Peter Zumthor was awarded the RIBA's highest honour - the Royal Gold Medal, adding to the 69-year-old's haul of plaudits, which includes the Pritzker Prize, The Praemium Imperiale and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. Many details that make your work so rich seem to come from very close observation of daily life. Do you think architects' work would be better if they learnt to relax and play a little more? I know exactly what you mean but it gives the wrong impression of how I work. I try to create emotional spaces that feel right for the purpose and the place.