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A cultural-historical portrait of the renowned and enigmatic architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who rarely allowed himself to b | dG1fZDhqVVBnb0tCdDg
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00:00When one studies the history of modern architecture, it's hard not to look at
00:14Scandinavian work and it's hard not to look at architects like Leverence.
00:19He's one of the most important touchstones for contemporary architects around the world.
00:30You don't know who you meet. I really didn't know it.
00:39And I didn't feel anything about him and his background.
00:52You feel like it's an extremely kind of synthetic experience.
00:58You're part of a choreography that the architecture is just a background for.
01:03The body itself goes in as one thing and leaves as another thing.
01:07All the stories about him are a little mythic.
01:12So you don't know if they are true.
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01:31You can see in the letters that he felt betrayed.
02:01The shadow is everything, it's almost like Caravaggio paintings in order to cast light only on the elements he wants to give presence in the darkness.
02:31The shadow is everything, it's almost like the shadow is everything.
02:38The shadow is everything, it's almost like the shadow is everything.
02:43The shadow is everything, it's almost like the shadow is everything, it's almost like the shadow is everything.
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