David Chipperfield. Form Matters

This publication was initiated by David Chipperfield who also is responsible for concept
and design. In four chapters he refers to topics he also writes on: “On Form”, “Language”,
“Composition”, and “Materiality”. He did also choose for the images and architectural
sketches and drawings.
Ω “As architects we must both be part of and stand apart from the culture within
which we operate. To be effective we must embrace power but also distance ourselves,
we must engage in dialogue and we must refuse to listen, we must explore
the familiar and the unfamiliar, we must embrace history and reject it. Finally we
must resolve our ideas in matter and form”. (David Chipperfield)
David Chipperfield presents a very personal ‘notebook’ that follows no fixed system,
but rather documents the realisation of formal ideas from his own viewpoint, using
sketches, plans and illustrations of built and unbuilt projects—a personal statement on
his work to date. He explores the relationship between form and matter, both conceptually
and in its concrete realisation in architecture.
David Chipperfield legt ein ganz persönliches „Notizbuch“ vor, das keiner festgelegten
Systematik folgt, sondern aus seiner eigenen Sicht die Umsetzung von formalen
Ideen mit Skizzen, Plänen und Abbildungen von gebauten sowie ungebauten Projekten
dokumentiert.