“There are two essential aspects to be borne in mind in architecture in my opinion. On is the choice of correct proportions; the other is the material used. More specifically, the effect of the wall surface on the retina. The mechanics of perception are very complex. We do not focus attention on individual factors and then join them together to form an overall image, and the observer viewpoint on the other. Each separate component affects the others and determines the effect they produce” – On the relationship between surfaces and spaces.” Heinz Bienefeld
Bienefeld had two groups of clients: the church and couples. Towards the end of his life, the church officials’ impatience with him grew due to his meticulous and slow way of working, while his private clients exchanged their experiences with “their architect” in psychological preparation for the test of endurance that the typical four years of design and construction of a house by Heinz Bienefeld would require of them. Seen from the vantage point of the 21st century, the intensity and time that Heinz Bienefeld devoted to each building, each wall, each roof, each door and each window would appear to most architects to be at best sheer madness, and at worst utter commercial and professional suicide.
