Rem Koolhaas and Charlie Rose. image via screenshot from the video

Rem Koolhaas spoke to Charlie Rose starting from his journalistic life at the beginning of his career to two recent important buildings Fondazione Prada complex In Milan, opened in 2015 and Garage Center for Contemporary Art  in Moscow, Russia. In 50 min. conversation Koolhaas stated that ''I love to be a part of big things maybe I'm getting older but I am a part of large organization/office and we could never do without collaborators.'' Koolhaas added that ''I enabled many people emancipate themselves'' -Upon Rose's reminding Peter Eisenman statement, Eisenman had said that ''I love Rem-and very important to live in the time of Rem, like living in the time of Le Corbusier'' Rose asked that how do you feel? 

Rem Koolhaas and Charlie Rose. image via screenshot from the video

Rose's another question focused on architecture critics' statements saying that ''Rem remains as a first provocator'' and according to the Rem, ''it is not a provocation, it is partly a DNA but it is also intellectual interest to formulate sharpest things concentrating on what/where the issues are- a particular ability to name them''. In addition, Rem explains architecture that it is all about the redefinition/ reinvention of territories, I always tried to combine different things together and people do not consider a pre-defined profession, territory or pre-defined wall as we see''. Rem also talked about his strong resistance to a ''singular aesthetic''  as Zaha has done and Frank has done. Besides on this, Rem emphasized that ''we are not always interested in a certain identity in every condition because architecture is much more related to 'imposition' and 'yielding' -yiel to environment, yield to a context also impose. I mean we need to be different in every case because every case is different.''

Koolhaas also talked about his controversial building CCTV Headquarters in Beijing and explained what was an original idea behind this building? and how was the building shaped? What does he see when he looked at the building?  

Watch Rem Koolhaas' full episode here