Materials

Realization is Realization in Form, which means a nature. You realize that something has certain nature. A school has a certain nature, and in making a school the consultation and approval of nature are absolutely necessary. In such a consultation ou can discover the Order of water, the Order of the wind, the Order of light, the Order of certain materials. If you think of brick. You say to brick, "What do you want, brick?". Bricks say to you, "I like an arch". If you say to brick, "Arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lintel over an opening. What do you think of that, brick?". Brick says, "I like an arch".

Louis Kahn