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“There is a vision that be fits the 20s, and another that be fits the 50s. It is good to understand youth and maturity… and not confuse ages. We cannot pretend that we are young at 50 or that we are mature at 20…” Manuel Aires Mateus, ed#56

”Sustainability is commendable, the problem is to evaluate everything solely by the same criteria. When you have two projects for evaluation, just because one of them is a little more sustainable than the other, the less sustainable one is outright rejected…” Manuel Ventura, ArchiNews ed#55

”Teaching online has been a great challenge. For the first time we tested something that we always criticized and questioned. This does not come from the heart, but from the need… The human relationship is extremely important in architecture… It gets lost” Cristina Verissimo / Diogo Burnay, ArchiNews ed#54

“Time will help in the assessment of the new reality and in the development of new responses. We have to believe in our enormous capacity to overcome problems and to find solutions. The contribution we can expect from architecture is the same that has been made throughout the history of Mankind…” Humberto Conde, ArchiNews ed#53

“We can use 50 spices, all of which are part of the recipe, but to make the dish tasty it is necessary to know the cooking time and the quantity of each one. It is hard to work with so many spices… Many are purists and only work with a small number to produce that special […]

“Vilanova Artigas said a fantastic thing: “Firstly, architecture is a technique, which has to be very well resolved, and then, perhaps, it can be art…” It is important to know how the building contacts the floor plan and how it contacts the sky plan…” Samuel Torres de Carvalho, ArchiNews ed#51

“The tourist, for all intents and purposes, is someone who is consuming the city already made. And this consumption is only possible because someone made a city before they arrived. Historical centres, matured over centuries, are then consumed by the people who invested the least in it…” Ricardo Vieira de Melo, ArchiNews ed#50

“For me, it is essential that the client identifies with what I do…  If someone hires us it is because they want to have something different… Being surprising is my job” Cristina Jorge de Carvalho, ArchiNews ed#49

“Everyone misses the time when the projects were made with time, very matured, fully talked and discussed. Today there is no time left for anything. The profession has become exhausting… The deadlines are crazy. The fees are very strangled. Legislation is a load of paper!” Pitagoras Group, ArchiNews ed#48

“Never felt attracted by the path to the stars. When it comes to creating on the white screen nothing seduces him more than the Invisible Architecture, the one that does not mark. The territory is already so marked that we better hide. To see, without being seen” Luis Rebelo de Andrade, ArchiNews ed#47