In Lagos there's a really strong case to resurrect strong parts. Embedded in all of it are some amazing pieces of planning, amazing pieces of engineering and interaction. For instance, the campus of Lagos University is stunningly beautiful, efficient and generous, and that needs to be recognised and preserved.

When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed.

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety.

Sustainability has become an ornament.

One cannot completely avoid this landmark character with large buildings such as these. But the city itself is also gigantic.

Nigeria [in 1990] was all rumour, an unbelievable amount of rumour - largely about crime and almost mythical manifestations of evil.