The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.
When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone.
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.
By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.
As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design.
Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.
What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.
I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.
If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest.