Márton Pintér is an architect, educator, BIG SEE Nominator, and provocateur. From OMA*AMO to founding VERY GOOD OFFICE and curating the Hungarian Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, he challenges architectural norms and the culture of performative labor. His mantra No is more…, echoed in his reflection, calls for honesty, restraint, and relevance in a profession obsessed with quantity over meaning.
“Our task is not simple, but rather funky: we need to re-enact a new architecture into a rushed, transparent, yet overcomplicated world optimized for mannerless opportunists.”
In a world of pseudo-workflows, unjustified assignments, broken frameworks, discredited contributions the only thing missing from architecture is the architect. The profession has lost its thousand years old prestige in the past two decades. Regardless of social, environmental, cultural nor political norms architects are commanded, not asked for the first time. The profession is evaluated by how well speculative excel sheets are gaining concrete volumes. All this prestige was thrown away for the sake of completion. It is a tragicomedy… Architects are way more capable, than just designing buildings. I call for a RIOT! Give up this false modernist persona! Forget about the pretentious self-branding, finally! Stop overvaluing mediocracy! Do not ridicule ourselves by thinking we are still as relevant! Be honest! We shall stop teaching irrelevant things! Listen to our students! Understand the world… Our task is not simple, but rather funky: we need to re-enact a new architecture into a rushed, transparent, yet overcomplicated world optimized for mannerless opportunists. Let’s not trick ourselves. Let’s not pretend. Let’s invent new standards. Let’s be radical. Let’s be critical. Let’s be cool. Let’s lead the narratives. Let’s be relevant again and for good…
But until then, thanks, rather not… No is more…
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