I don't have to come up with the best idea. It is my job to make sure that it is always the best idea that wins. Bjarke Ingels More Quotes by Bjarke Ingels More Quotes From Bjarke Ingels In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. Bjarke Ingels picturearchitecturescienceart Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge. Bjarke Ingels challengesacrificedesignpolitical I believe that architecture, as anything else in life, is evolutionary. Ideas evolve; they don't come from outer space and crash into the drawing board. Bjarke Ingels drawingarchitecturelifebelieve All comic books take place in built environments, and I was very good at drawing people and animals, and stuff like that, but I hadn't spent much energy drawing buildings. So I thought, maybe I could, and then I became an architect. Bjarke Ingels placegooddrawingpeople Architects have to become designers of eco-systems. Not just designers of beautiful facades or beautiful sculptures, but systems of economy and ecology, where we channel the flow not only of people, but also the flow of resources through our cities and buildings. Bjarke Ingels buildingsthroughbeautifulpeople When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical. Bjarke Ingels goodmeyoutoday I think the biggest backhanded criticism-compliment I get is that I'm 'good at communicating.' Which implies that you're bad at doing. Bjarke Ingels badgoodthinkyou I wanted to be a cartoonist, but there was no cartoon academy. So I enrolled in the Royal Danish Art Academy School of Architecture. But then I really got smitten by architecture. Bjarke Ingels royalarchitectureartschool Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects. Bjarke Ingels environmentaldesignpositiveworld The one thing all humans share is that we all inhabit the same limited amount of real estate, which is Planet Earth. Bjarke Ingels real-estateone-thingrealearth My drawing skills probably froze around when I was 18... Now I'm more interested in the story, how the drawings, the layout can help express the stories and communicate them. Bjarke Ingels helpstorydrawingskills For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible. Bjarke Ingels endmearchitecturelife I think architecture is rarely the product of a single ideology. It's more like it can be shaped by a really big idea. It can accommodate a lot of life forms. Bjarke Ingels thinksinglearchitecturelife Instead of trying to change people, we could change the world. Bjarke Ingels change-the-worldchangepeopleworld Our cities are not polluted or congested because they have to be. They are what they are because that's how we made them. Bjarke Ingels themhowbecausemade A kid in Minecraft can build a world and inhabit it through play. We have the possibility to build the world that we want to inhabit. Bjarke Ingels kidwantplayworld If you are not able to transmit what you're trying to achieve to your collaborators, you will only have minions - or morons. Bjarke Ingels yourwillyouachieve People outside the profession of architecture perhaps often lack the understanding of how their physical environment comes into being. What are the processes, the concerns and considerations? What are the parameters that shape the world around them? Bjarke Ingels environmentarchitecturepeopleworld In Copenhagen, there's a long-term commitment to creating a well-functioning pedestrian city where all forms of movement - pedestrian, bicycles, cars, public transportation - are accommodated with equal priority. Bjarke Ingels citytransportationequalcommitment It's legendary how architectural lectures can be incredibly boring. Bjarke Ingels howlegendarylecturesboring
