When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.

For me, I think the most exciting thing in architecture is the re-emergence of the locally-focused architect.

The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the middle of the night gives you an indication of their disaster response.

The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

If you focus on design, you can call yourself a designer. If you focus on the implementation of your design, you can call yourself an architect.

When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone' then you only impact the few and not the many.