Herzog & de Meuron对于建筑和艺术关系问题的回答
What is art? What is architecture? In fact, we are very interested in learning what architecture is, in finding out about today’s possibilities for architecture and urbanism, in what these disciplines can contribute to everyday life, to everyone’s life. In looking at architecture this way, art becomes very important because, in the past few decades, it has developed more interesting strategies, it has attracted more interesting and creative people than the field of architecture. These are people who are more open to research, people who are more interested in finding out something than in defending something.
We never want our architectural works to be seen as artworks. We have always thought of them as part of the city, i.e. as part of something subjected to change, with or without our participation. The fact that we frequently collaborate with artists or scientists doesn’t transform our architecture into artworks either. It may sound paradoxical to you when I say that the art-like character of many of our buildings arises from the very fact that they are so architectural, that, after the whole design and thought process they go through in our office, they are so full of architectural energy.
-Herzog & de Meuron
什么是艺术？什么是建筑？事实上，我们感兴趣于：学习什么是建筑，找寻当今建筑和城市学的可能性，这些学科对于每天和每人的生活作出了怎样的贡献。以这种方式看待建筑，艺术变得十分重要。因为，在过去的几十年中，相比建筑领域，艺术领域已经发展出了更多有意思的策略，已经吸引了更多有意思且富创造性的人们。他们是这样一些人们，更自由开放地从事研究，更兴于找出些东西而非保卫些东西。
我们从不想我们的建筑作品被视为艺术作品。我们已总是视之如同城市的一部分，即：如同某种带有或没有我们的参与而受到更改的部分。我们经常同艺术家或科学家合作，这也并未将我们的建筑转化为艺术品。听上去很矛盾的是，我们的房子中艺术性的特征恰是来自于非常建筑的因素，房子经过整个设计和思考过程之后，都充满了建筑的力量。
We never want our architectural works to be seen as artworks. We have always thought of them as part of the city, i.e. as part of something subjected to change, with or without our participation. The fact that we frequently collaborate with artists or scientists doesn’t transform our architecture into artworks either. It may sound paradoxical to you when I say that the art-like character of many of our buildings arises from the very fact that they are so architectural, that, after the whole design and thought process they go through in our office, they are so full of architectural energy.
-Herzog & de Meuron
什么是艺术？什么是建筑？事实上，我们感兴趣于：学习什么是建筑，找寻当今建筑和城市学的可能性，这些学科对于每天和每人的生活作出了怎样的贡献。以这种方式看待建筑，艺术变得十分重要。因为，在过去的几十年中，相比建筑领域，艺术领域已经发展出了更多有意思的策略，已经吸引了更多有意思且富创造性的人们。他们是这样一些人们，更自由开放地从事研究，更兴于找出些东西而非保卫些东西。
我们从不想我们的建筑作品被视为艺术作品。我们已总是视之如同城市的一部分，即：如同某种带有或没有我们的参与而受到更改的部分。我们经常同艺术家或科学家合作，这也并未将我们的建筑转化为艺术品。听上去很矛盾的是，我们的房子中艺术性的特征恰是来自于非常建筑的因素，房子经过整个设计和思考过程之后，都充满了建筑的力量。
