“Art raise a question to society, rather than impose an answer on viewers” —Wada JAPAN : WEEK III A LONG JOURNEY For our third week on Japanese soil, we will explore one of the most beautiful city in Japan : Kyoto. […]
Architecture
“I don’t believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind.”—Tadao Ando JAPAN : WEEK II SLOWLY HEADING NORTH For the second week in Japan, we will explore […]
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”—A. Einstein SOUTHERN JAPAN FIRST WEEK IN JAPAN For our first week in the land of the rising […]
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” —Sun Tzu JEJU THE ISLAND Jeju is a Korean island, located some 100km from the southern tip of Korea. The […]
“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it” —Confucius. SOUTH KOREA HOW TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT It all started Saturday, October the 15th, it was time for Pierre and I to go our separate ways. We said goodbye at Hanoi’s […]
“Half a league from this city is a temple. It is of such extraordinary construction, that it is impossible to describe it. It is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements […]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” —Mark Twain LAST STEPS IN EUROPE A story ends, a new one begins From the lowest swamps to the highest hills, the exploration of Europe comes to an end. It took almost […]
“Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together (…) True architecture exists only where man stands in […]
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”— Gustav Mahler ORBADEN HEADING TO THE SWEDISH COUNTRYSIDE On the 22nd of July, Stockholm sky was slightly clouded. In the morning, I stored my backpack at the hostel […]
“In 1978, working out of a studio on West 22nd Street with the doors propped open, “the main thing that impressed me was the ‘kinds’ of individuals who would stop and talk to me,” he wrote. “They were not, for […]
“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.” – Charles Baudelaire There is a strong difference between Kaunas and Vilnius. Kaunas is a well organized […]
“We try to take what is there and then make a selection, like the brick, the chimney or the river. Taking some elements and then enhancing them. We take something and give it back in some way, every architect does […]
“All the borders in the world are man-made. There are no borders, we are all hooked together. Everything is connected. There is no line of demarcation. We are hooked together like the colors of a rainbow, our problem is ignorance, […]
« Do not fear death so much, but rather inadequate life »Bertolt Brecht Interlude I arrived from Berlin to Dresden by bus. When I checked in, The receptionist told me that they had to upgrade my initial 8 bed dormitory, into a […]
“History is a race between education and catastrophe“ H.G. Wells A wild start After crossing what seemed to be one endless forest, I finally arrived in the west part of Berlin. The bus station was a bit on the outside, […]
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