The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets.

Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of Architecture were: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas; or firmness, utility, and delight. Firmness meaning well built, solid and resistant; utility meaning useful and functional, and delight meaning beautiful.

What each school offers is something unique. But, there are two types of activity an architect must be educated on. First, the architect needs concentrated activities to learn the guidelines, and that is what school is for. But, second, is the public aspect of education. The architect needs to see architecture in the streets to learn.

The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building.

I think it is important to be present in the places where you are working. It is not only about doing a project, but following the project through its construction.

You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your pension.

For me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony.