"10 Questions to..." is a series of short interviews with architects and female architects, to whom we address the same pool of questions. In today's installment of the mini-interview, Ondřej Chybík of the Czech studio CHYBIK + KRISTOF talked about the most important buildings and the most inspiring city.
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Ondřej Chybík - architect, co-founder of CHYBIK + KRISTOF studio based in Prague, Brno and Bratislava. He studied at Brno University of Technology in the Czech Republic, TU Graz in Austria and ETH Zurich in Switzerland. His work was exhibited at MoMA in New York as part of the Uneven Growth exhibition. He worked at the PPAG studio in Vienna. He has taught at the Faculty of Architecture of the Brno University of Technology, as well as guest lectures at the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, the Faculty of Art and Architecture in Liberec and the Politecnico di Milano. In 2019, he was the winner of the Europe 40 Under 40® award recognizing young European architects.
1. architecture in three words...?
a. Responsibility.
b. Curiosity.
c. Diversity.
2. the three most important buildings for you...?
a. Villa Müller in Prague, proj.: Adolf Loos.
b. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, proj.: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini.
c. Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, proj.: 51N4E
3. the most important book on architecture...?
"The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa," by Colin Rowe, 1976.
4. most inspiring city and why...?
Tokyo, everything about it is different and yet well organized.
5. architect with whom you would like to design something and why...?
Alejandro Aravena - I love the diversity of his portfolio.
6. hand drawing or computer drawing?
Hand-drawing.
7. mockup or 3D model?
Both.
8. modernism or postmodernism?
Both.
9. After-hours work or sports?
Sports.
10. architecture or business?
There is no architecture without business (and many other things).
1. architecture in three words...?
a. Responsibility.
b. Curiosity.
c. Diversity.
2. three the most important buildings for you...?
a. Villa Müller, Prague, Adolf Loos.
b. Centre Pompidou, Paris, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini.
c. Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, 51N4E.
3. the most important book about architecture...?
"The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa," by Colin Rowe, 1976.
4. The most inspiring city and why...?
Tokyo, all is different, yet so well organized.
5. An architect with whom you would like to design something and why...?
Alejandro Aravena - I love the diversity of his portfolio.
6. freehand drawing or computer drawing?
Freehand drawing.
7. Mock-up or 3D model?
Both.
8. Modern or postmodern architecture?
Both.
9. Work after hours or sport?
Sport.
10. architecture or business?
There's no architecture without business (and many other things).
