Extreme Demolition and Extreme Preservation

Beatriz Ramo interviewed Ippolito Pestellini from OMA on behalf of MONU magazine

MONU magazine . Excerpts from the interview

Beatriz Ramo: In France they listed the House in Bordeaux as a Monument three years after its construction. Was this the right decision?
Ippolito Pestellini: Rem was quite interested in it. The building was declared a National Monument at the same time that Rem was asked to rethink the concept of the house because the owner had passed away. It felt like a paradox…not being able to change his own work after such a short time. I wouldn’t say that Rem looked at this negatively, but rather as a point of discussion and he found it very weird. This made us think about the age of buildings designated for preservation.