“We feel it is our duty to start from scratch with each new project. That can also mean fundamentally questioning our own profession – and, with that, the way architecture is practiced. In this case, it seemed quite natural and the right thing to do.” This is how Jean-Philipe Vassal from Lacaton & Vassal describes his everyday struggle as an architect. The interview with Mathieu Wellner was held in July 2012 in Paris and is published in the catalogue “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Architecture as Resource”, the publication accompanying Germany’s contribution to the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2012.