Openingstalk Anne Lacaton

We start the Festival of Architecture on an international level. The work of Parisian architecture studio Lacaton & Vassal illustrates the experimental handling of existing buildings like no other. In 2021, Lacaton & Vassal will receive the prestigious international Pritzker Architecture Prize. The jury praises their 'restorative architecture'; we couldn't have put it better ourselves.

'Demolishing is a decision of easiness and short term. It is a waste of many things – a waste of energy, a waste of material, and a waste of history. Moreover, it has a very negative social impact. For us, it is an act of violence.' - Anne Lacaton