The techniques and equipments available to the architect today free him from nearly all material constraints. he has the run of centuries of styles and can choose his plans from every continent on earth. but he must remember that he is not building in a vacuum and placing his houses in empty space, as mere plans on a blank sheet of paper. he is introducing a new element into an environment THAT HAS EXISTED IN EQUILIBRIUM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. he has responsibilities to what surrounds the site, and, if he shirks this responisbility and does violence to the environment by building without reference to it, he is committing a crime AGAINST ARCHITECTURE AND CIVILIZATION.
Hassan Fathy
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