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Architects are not artists. We have a social responsibility to serve the public.
I'm interested in the weak materials, the materials that people don't think can be used for permanent structures.
I don’t believe in styles, I believe in coherence.
I don’t think architecture is about solving problems, it’s about creating opportunities.
We don't want to create monuments, but places for life.
We try to make buildings that respond to the environment, not dominate it.
We are interested in the space between people and objects, and how they interact.
I think architecture should be soft and light.
I don’t think architecture is about communication. I think it’s about reception.
The task of architecture is to make visible how the world touches us.
The power of architecture lies in its ability to move us, to touch us.
I’m interested in the real, not in the image of the real.
I try to make buildings that have a certain presence, a certain dignity, a certain atmosphere.
I believe that architecture today needs to reflect on the tasks and possibilities which are inherently its own.
When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material.
I don't design buildings, I design relationships between spaces and people.
I'm against repetition; every project is a new adventure.
I try to create buildings that are like chameleons, changing with their surroundings.