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.

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

What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.

Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.

Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.

In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.