Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture.

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.

Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.

The multiplicity of ideas is what Im interested in.

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.