12 / 3 / 00

Judd's Building

I saw Donald Judd's building in Basel a month ago. It was made of small and bigger boxes and it was all green. It was a Judd piece all right, this time on another scale. I don't know if I prefer his sculptures to the buildings, but I certainly enjoyed seeing his piece in the everyday environment. I have Judd's book Architektur, it's published both in German and in English. He said that the architecture should always be symmetrical except for a good reason. I wonder what will happen to his building, what are the other reasons apart from his? Anyway, the building was almost symmetrical when I saw it. Will it ever attain this symmetry and if so, for how long?