He posits that beauty is found in the "hard core" of a design—the functional and structural reality that remains when all superfluous elements are removed. From Passion for Things to the Things Themselves:
Zumthor rejects the "digital sublime." He writes passionately about materials and their true nature. He argues that architects often make the mistake of using materials as mere surfaces (brick pattern wallpaper, plastic wood). Instead, he demands that materials reveal their essence: Pensar en arquitectura. Peter Zumthor
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Every project must emerge from its specific location. The building should feel as though it has always belonged to its landscape or urban context. The Senses: Instead, he demands that materials reveal their essence:
Reading this book will not teach you how to use Revit or calculate a load-bearing wall. Instead, it will teach you how to look at a wall. It will make you want to touch a plaster surface, to listen to the echo of an empty room, and to weep at the precision of a shadow falling across a concrete floor.
Zumthor es un crítico feroz de la arquitectura contemporánea que llama "de la prisa". Proyectos diseñados en semanas, construidos en meses y olvidados en años. Para él, una obra de arquitectura es un organismo vivo que requiere tiempo: tiempo para concebirla, tiempo para construirla y, sobre todo, tiempo para que envejezca con dignidad.
He invites the reader to walk through his Therme Vals (the thermal baths in Switzerland) with these categories in mind: the steam rising off the stone, the heavy silence, the precise slit of light cutting through the darkness.