9 Magnus Larsson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Magnus Larsson

Swedish Athlete

Born: Mar 25, 1970

Accommodate Activity Architecture Create Dune Think

Related authors: Bjorn Borg Carl Hagelin Henrik Larsson Henrik Lundqvist Peter Forsberg Stefan Edberg Zlatan Ibrahimovic

One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free. Some of those grains may then accumulate on a massive scale, into a sand dune. Magnus Larsson

World Free Mountains Those Scale Some Born New Come Massive Existence Rocks Dune Accumulate Die May Cement Grains Break Process Sand Then Cyclical Naturally Billion Each Second

Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. Magnus Larsson

Architects Accommodate Human Human Activity Spaces Create Activity

Sand dunes are almost like ready-made buildings in a way. All we need to do is solidify the parts that we need to be solid, and then excavate the sand, and we have our architecture. We can either excavate it by hand, or we can have the wind excavate it for us. Magnus Larsson

Architecture Wind Our Way Solid Almost Like Parts Buildings Ready-Made Hand Either Sand Then Us Need

One of the most obvious reasons to start using timber rather than concrete is that it's the one commonly grown and therefore exceptionally renewable building material that we have available to us. And it acts as storage for carbon dioxide. Magnus Larsson

I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative. Magnus Larsson

Great Plant Trees Project Out Born Structure Support Idea Sahara Wall Green Where Wanted Create Across Initiative Desert Found

I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old. Magnus Larsson

Director Creative Architecture Old Few Changed Journalism Also Wrote Advertising Years Years Ago Off Stockholm Different Worked Many Publications Started

In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources. Magnus Larsson

Me Communication Architecture Discipline Edge Research Progression Way Bit Definitely Finding About More Gives Area Somewhat Suppose Also Exhaustive Doing Sources Lot Very Lacking Different Information Interesting Room Aspect Used

The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand. Magnus Larsson

Made Response Threat Wall Sand

While designed to visually seduce, Dune is not primarily a formal exercise but a social, ecological, cultural one. Magnus Larsson

Seduce Ecological Primarily Exercise Cultural Dune Formal While Social Designed

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