" I dont invent, I remember." I found this quote by Aldo Rossi very interesting. From this quote, I understood that Rossi belives that history plays a big role in architecture now; and I completely agree with him. Many places around the world would not be where they are architecturally if it was not for the history or the past. That could be the history of that particular place or another place.
" One can say that the city itself is the collective memory of its people, and like memory, it is associated with objects and places. The city is the locus of the collective memory. The relationship between locus and citizenry then becomes the city's predominant image, both architecture and of landscape, and as certain artifacts become part of its memory, new ones emerge. This quote is also by Rossie. It came from page 130 of his Architecture of the City book. In his book, Rossi puts emphasis on the collective, which is the public realm. He lets his readers know that the city should be more important that any one's individual accomplishments.
