Technology is the answer, but what was the question?

技术是答案，但问题是什么？

The future of architecture is not style, but substance.

建筑的未来不在于风格，而在于实质。

A building should be readable like a book.

建筑应该像一本书一样可读。

Transparency is not just a physical quality, it's a social and political one.

透明不仅仅是一种物理特性，它还是一种社会和政治特性。

Architecture is about public space as much as it is about private space.

建筑既关乎私人空间，也关乎公共空间。

The city is the greatest invention of mankind.

城市是人类最伟大的发明。

Sustainability is not just about the environment, it's about people.

可持续性不仅仅是关于环境，它还关乎人。

The Pompidou Centre is a giant Meccano set, a building turned inside out.

蓬皮杜中心是一个巨大的Meccano玩具套装，一个内外颠倒的建筑。

Architecture is a social art.

建筑是一门社会艺术。

The best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; its ecology; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline and the surrounding public space.

最好的建筑来自于所有构成建筑的元素的综合：支撑它的结构；使其运转的服务设施；它的生态；自然光的质量；形式的象征意义；建筑与天际线和周围公共空间的关系。