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The Autonomy of House Design

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Kazuo Shinohara

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"We architects should make freestanding houses that confront the city rather than adapt to it"

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"Rather than spaces that are limited by the talents of one individual, we should aim at city forms endowed with an infinitely tolerant neutrality, thereby allowing beautiful clashes between innumerable personalities."

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"We must not give up on the city of tomorrow, as if it has nothing to do with us, and retreat into small spaces."

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"The design of a house should be based on an armature of ideas independent of the shape and environment of the site."

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"My planning rule is to extract the floor area and the number of people, and of these two, I consider the floor area to be the only salient condition."

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"To the extent that something appeals to people, it has value."