If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use.

I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, but as an envelope and background for life which goes on in and around it, a sensitive container for the rhythm of footsteps on the floor, for the concentration of work, for the silence of sleep.