LiMa – The structure as backbone – warp and weft – Herman Hertzberger

Mass housing, which superficially corresponds to our industrial conditions, owes its dominance to the monocultural behavior that characterizes our society. The least an architect can do in such a situation is to outline images that show ways to shake people out of their lethargy. (…) Even the smallest step in this direction means a fundamental conflict with our institutionally governed, centralized society, and we are hardly any closer to realizing our plans. However, the few successes we do achieve give us the opportunity to demonstrate the principle, albeit more theoretically than practically.

LiMa – an unheated glazed staircase is transformed into a botanical greenhouse

quoted from: Herman Hertzberger; Vom Bauen. Lectures on architecture. p. 106 , Aries Verlag 1995