I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.

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.

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

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.

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 need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.

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.