...That is a key word for architecture. You have to find a story to tell, which is a difficult thing to do when beginning to work. There is also a danger of the architecture becoming little too literary...
... I experimented a little with concrete. Europe was very interested in that corner where I used big beams. That opened up a new way of thinking about rooms. It is the opposite of Louis Kahn, for whom the principle was where the construction is; there is no light, whereas I was saying that where the construction is, there you find the light. You reverse the philosophical or constructive concept in that way. It is a very simple construction. It is a very simple movement....
Interview with Sverre Fehn 03 02 2009
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