...we are more interested in the direct physical and emotional impact, like the sound of music or the scent of a flower. We are not looking for meaning in our buildings. A building cannot be read like a book, it does not have any credits, subtitles or labels like pictures in a gallery. A building is a building. In that sense, we are absolutely anti-representational. The strength of our buildings is the immediate, visceral impact they have on a visitor. For us that is all that is important in architecture.
Jacques Herzog, Jeffrey Kipnis in conversation with Jacques Herzog Jeffrey Kipnis: "Una Conversación con Jacques Herzog (H&deM). A Conversation with Jacques Herzog (H&deM)." In: Fernando Márquez Cecilia, Richard C. Levene (Eds.). "El Croquis. Herzog & de Meuron 1993-1997." Vol. No. 84, Madrid, El Croquis, 1997. pp. 7-21.
