Text: Paolo Portoghesi

Architecture is the most important tool for transforming the Earth’s crust with which we contribute to the creation of a great, shared work, much in the same as corals and countless other species. But whereas coral reefs grow harmoniously and proportionally, and thus do not upset the equilibrium of our Earth, the architectural heritage of the past two centuries has become a veritable tool of plunder. This sort of architecture is not the absolute truth, but one way of searching for our own personal truths. We can learn from nature how to create architecture that is able to live in harmony with nature. The work done by Hungarian organic architects, even if it cannot be exported as a product, obliges Europe to do something: it is the only actual guidance for the Europe of regions, the Europe of homelands, which does not destroy our direct connection with planet Earth. It is the only hope that architecture will be able to find its way back to the right path.