«The city as an expression of the totality of human aspirations and illusions, will be […] central to his art. […], the war revealed community and individual to have no protective shell. The ruins bore the whole spiritual, political, and biological history of the human race. The architectural motif, […] the ‘shell’ that humanity has built as a physical and spiritual refuge reveals itself not just as a protective wrapping […], but also as a symbol of dignity and mystery.» 
