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A knowledge base

Firmly founded on this proven theoretical
basis, my thoughts always originate from the
“production” of an architect’s and engineer’s
project. I must repeat that the source material
for this is both the client’s grand vision and the
analysis of the genius loci (spirit of the place)
which produces a different result every time.

Hence, my thoughts are concocted from
snippets and fragments, on several subjects at
the same time; those originating from a given
“production” process, interacting, as ever, with
those originating from others. They are combi-
ning and complementing each other gradually
over the years and during the course of my
projects, and I occasionally attempt to summa-
rise them 5.

ing and the Nature of the Universe (Book 1: The Phenomenum
of Life. Book 2: The Process of Creating Life. Book 3: A Vision
of a Living World. Book 4: The Luminous Ground), Center for
Environmental Structure, Berkeley, California, 2002.
5 Bulletin de la Classe des Arts, Académie royale de Belgique,
6e série, t. VII, 1996, 1-6, p. 131-137: “La petite ville possible de
trente mille habitants” (“The potential small town with thirty
thousand inhabitants”); t. XI, 2000, 7-12, p. 251-263: “La terre
étroite” (“The narrow planet”); t. VXII, 2006, 1-6, p. 45-53:
“La ruine utile et la construction efficiente” (“Useful ruin
and efficient construction”); “Étude de la morphologie des
structures à l’aide des indicateurs de volume et de déplace-
ment” (“A study of the morphology of structures with the
help of volume and displacement indicators”), Mémoires de
la Classe des Sciences, Brussels, 2004, 482 p*. The vertical
city, Brussels, L’Académie en poche, 2014, 122 p.* ; as well as:
Philippe Samyn and Pierre Loze, Devenir moderne ? Entre-
tien sur l’art de construire (Becoming modern? An interview

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