I don't use the computer. I do sketches, very quickly, often more than 100 on the same formal research.
Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
It's not my duty as an architect to look at it.
I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.
The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.
Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another.