Unexpected truths
ln my' youth l imagined poetry as a kind of colored cloud made up of more or less diffuse metaphors and allusions, which, although they might be enjoyable,were difficult to associate with a reliable view of the world.As an architect,l have learned to understand that the opposite of this youthful definition of poetry is probably closer to the truth. lf a work of architecture consists of forms and contents that combine to create a Strong fundamental mood powerful enough to affect us ,It may possess the qualities of a work of art. This art has, however nothing to do with interesting configurations or originality. lt is insights and understanding, and above all with truth is unexpected truth. lt lives in stillness. Architecture's to give this still expectancy a form.The building itself is never poetic. At most, it may possess subtle qualities' Which’ at certain moments,permit us to understand something that we were never able to understand in quite this way before.