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

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.

In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know that you don’t know, conscious, unconscious, things which in a fragrant of a second you can react to: we can all imagine why this capacity was given to us as human beings - I guess to survive. Architecture to me has the same kind of capacity. It takes longer to capture, but the essence to me is the same. I call this atmosphere. When you experience a building and it gets to you. It sticks in your memory and your feelings. I guess thats what I am trying to do.

My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether its a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.

Architecture is not about form