Structure as argument
In existing-building projects, the solution must be technically defensible in relation to its context, not only correctly calculated in isolation.

A local intervention only makes sense if you understand the surrounding force flow, not only the detail that appears problematic.
In existing-building projects, the solution must be technically defensible in relation to its context, not only correctly calculated in isolation.
There are situations in which the real protection of a monument comes from a new structure that neither forces it nor confuses…
Working on existing structures does not allow fast solutions without verification; every deviation propagates into the building and into execution.
Many decisive decisions in a project do not become spectacular images, but without them the site would not have technical stability.
The quality of a final intervention is decided long before the last executed detail, in the way hypotheses and stages are ordered.