Binaries aside, we are the products of our relationships with our identities – cities we have built, bodies we have embraced, kindred souls we’ve cherished, our memories, our dreams, the fears we hide, the pain we hold – identities that cannot be reduced to a collection of labels. Neri Oxman Read Quote
Craft meets the machine in rapid fabrication. We can generate craft with the help of technology. Neri Oxman Read Quote
I object to the hegemony of form in contemporary architecture. We have very advanced technological tools, but ultimately, we create buildings exactly like we used to before: We send the drawings to an engineer and let him struggle with figuring out how to build it. Neri Oxman Read Quote
I am inspired by alchemy and all things continuous, uninterrupted, and effortlessly fused into wholes. Neri Oxman Read Quote
We need to treat the planet as a system, and up until now, we’ve operated more as if the world were made of separate parts – this part is environment, this part is economy. But everything is connected. You can’t fix global warming with a Ph.D. in thermodynamics! Neri Oxman Read Quote
I often ask myself, ‘What would design be like if objects were made of a single part? Would we return to a better state of creation?’ Neri Oxman Read Quote
Forms in nature are a byproduct of a reciprocal action between a given material and the conditions of the environment. But in architecture, the process is the direct opposite: First you decide on the form, and then you think how to build it in reality. Neri Oxman Read Quote
When I came to MIT, there were four rubrics: science, art, design, and technology. And as you entered your degree, whether it was a master’s or a Ph.D., if you were a citizen in one domain, you were a traveler in the other. Neri Oxman Read Quote
I approach the world as a whole by taking an integrative approach, not a world of parts, and I like to bring different fields and disciplines together. The same is true with my preoccupation with cultural expression. Neri Oxman Read Quote
