How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

I love New York, but I'd felt like an outsider here.

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.

I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused.

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?