For this iteration of the Proust Questionnaire, we're talking with the noted theorist and architect Peter Eisenman, who reflects on having not written a book, disliking Scandinavian buildings, and Charlie Brown. With this one, we changed up the questions a bit, per Eisenman's request.
What drives your work?
History
What is your greatest indulgence?
Eating
What is your favorite building?
Santa Maria in Campitelli, Rome
What is your least favorite building?
Anything Scandinavian
If you were a famous building, which one would you be?
Villa Savoye
What profession other that your own would you like to attempt?
Film critic
What profession would you not like to do?
Surgeon
What is your favorite word?
Charlie Brown
What is your least favorite word?
Stop
What is your favorite sound?
Running water
What is your least favorite sound?
Chalk on a blackboard
What is your favorite curse word?
Fung gu
What is your most treasured possession?
Piranesi's Campo Marzio
Who would you want to see on a new banknote?
Thomas Pynchon
What do you most dislike about your designs?
When they don't get built
What design strategy do you overuse?
Superposition
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Holocaust Memorial, Berlin
What do you consider your greatest failure?
Not having written my book
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Good show; they will miss you
3 Comments
forgot a question: If you put a monkey in front of a typewriter do you get literature?
This one is useless, should not have given in to Eisenman's request, now we can't compare the answers with the other architects...still don't know his favourite flower, poet, dead or living architect, aargh!
shoulda told Eisenman to go pound sand... anyone who blatantly falls asleep during a lecture they themselves are giving should be denied this kind of platform.
tldr: fuck this guy
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