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Post-Pritzker Interview with SANAA
How did you find out you had won the prize and what was your reaction?
N: We were here in our office. It was of course wonderful but we could not tell anyone so it was almost stressful to keep these good feelings inside. Shortly after we had to go back to work though it was one in the morning.
What does SANAA stand for?
S: Actually, we never write it down but it was conceived as Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates.
You are business partners only--not husband and wife, correct?
S+N: That is correct.
You are the second architectural partnership to win the Pritzker Prize and the first male and female partnership to win the award. Please describe how you collaborate. Do you both do the same thing? Do you split up responsibilities? Have you ever argued over your designs?
N: We collaborate as equals but we are not the same. We keep each other from losing our way more than anything.
S: We sometimes argue. Usually we give each other pause to think and then quietly agree on a new direction.
N: Sejima-san is very brave but also very stable. She does not get emotional. She stays rational.
S: We discuss many things together and with our staff. We sit and work a lot.
What do you remember about Chicago from the 1998 campus center competition at the Illinois Institute of Technology? Did any buildings impress you while you were here?
N+S: Chicago is a wonderful city for architecture. We’ve been back a few times since 1998. We often talk about Crown Hall and Lake Shore Drive.
What dead architects do you admire? What living architects do you admire?
In both cases too many to name.
Did you always want to be an architect? (I liked your answers in the DesignBoom interview; feel free to repeat them).
(good suggestion)
N: I would never have imagined myself being architect.
S: Me too.
N: She wanted to be a grandmother! Kind of funny!
Grandmothers always look like...
S: They are relaxed.
N: Happy and relaxed.
S: Yes when I was a child I really wanted to be a grandmother.
N. To sit on the terrace and enjoy the sunlight.
What advice would you give young architects? (Again, your answers in the DesignBoom interview were very funny.)
N: Practice.
N+S: Continue!
S: That is what older architects told me when I was young.
Do you think your selection makes any larger statement about the field of architecture?
N: The Prize is not for us to analyze. We enjoy thinking about what we are thinking about and are extremely happy to hear that other people (the Pritzker jury) are excited about the same things. The field of architecture is very diverse. It is ok that we are all finding our way.
Do you have lots of projects you are working on now—or, like many architects, are you having trouble finding work because of the bad economy?
S: We are not so special in this way. The office could be better if we had a big new project in design. On the other hand, we have a number of wonderful smaller projects.
(via Chicago Tribune)
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10 reasons to be an architect
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