PITS OF FIRE SYMBOLIZE THE SIX NAZI DEATH CAMPS, OTHERS FEEL THAT THE WARM AIR RISING UP FROM THE GROUND IS LIKE THAT OF HUMAN BREATH AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE GLASS CHIMNEYS TO HEAVEN." THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT TO ME BECAUSE MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS PERISHED LONG BEFORE I WAS BORN IN THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS. MY GRANDPARENTS STILL BEAR THE LIFELONG SCARS, THE TATTOO ENGRAVED ON THEIR ARMS ARE LIFE-LONG REMINDERS OF THE MASS DESTRUCTION OF LIFE THAT OCCURRED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.SOME OF HIS OTHER WORKS INCLUDE THE BERLIN LIBRARY(1990) IN WHICH HE "IMAGINES THE LIBRARY AS A COLLECTIVE BRAIN, A SHARED MENTALITY.(SAITOWITZ) ANOTHER SPECTACULAR PROJECT IS THE CALIFORNIA MUSUEM OF PHOTOGRAPHY.(1990) THE BUILDING IS SHAPED LIKE A CAMERA. " THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY IS A CAMERA IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE THE FILM." (SAITOWITZ)I BELIEVE SAITOWITZ IS AN ECCLECTI C MAN WITH ODD, YET INTERESTING STYLE. HE BEST STATES HIS MAJOR PHILOSOPHIES AS " I DONT LIKE TO THINK OF ARCHITECTURE AS ART BECAUSE IT OBJECTIFIES IT, AND WORSE, MAKES IT VISUAL." I DONT NESCISARILY AGREE WITH THIS PRINCIPAL BUT IF WE ALL HAD THE SAME IDEAS OF WHAT ARCHITECTURE WOULD BE A VERY MUNDANE WORLD TO LIVE IN. SAITOWITZ GOES ON TO STATE "ARCHITECTURE IS CEREMONYYET OUR AIM SEEMS TO BE TO MAKE THINGS CHEAPER, WITH GREATER PROFIT RATHER THEN IMPROVE QUALITY AND REDUCE COST." THIS I THOROUGHLY AGREE WITH AND I SEE IT EVERYDAY AT WORK AND IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE. EVERYBODY IS TOO EMBEDDED IN HIS OR HER PHILOSOPHIES OF MAKING MONEY AS THEIR NUMBER ONE GOAL IN LIFE. " I WANTED TO DISSOLVE WALLS, TO ERODE SYMBOLS, TO EXPOSE UNCONSCIOUS HABITS." THIS IS A GREAT FEAT TO BE ACOMPLISHED BY ANY ARCHITECT AND I THINK STANLEY SAITOWITZ HAS DONE WELL.I LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE FROM SAITOWITZ FOR YOU TO PONDER ABOUT AND THE DECISION TO AGREE ABOUT THIS STATEMENT IS PURELY UP TO YOU. "ARCHITECTURE HAS ONLY THREE LETTERS IN ITS ALPHABET: PLATFORM, WALL, AND ROOF. DO YOU AGREE ...
