One great building does not make a great city.
From Thomas Heatherwick
I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving.
To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.
Clearly I've got an ego.
An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.
At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas - what ideas are for, what jobs they do.
I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.
I don't feel I'm trying to make art. I'm trying to make interesting things. People can relate to that.
I am finally getting the chance to build large structures and break preconceptions that my designs are just sculptures for people to be in. But my work always comes down to the human scale.
I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
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