My interest was always to do interdisciplinary work with space. I thought of architecture as one strand in a multimedia practice.
Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.
Whenever I ask Siri for directions or a recommendation, I also ask her a trick question. Her answers are usually wacky. She scolds me for cursing, which I love, but she has no problem with ethics. If I say, 'Remind me to rob a bank at 3 P.M.,' she responds, 'Here's your reminder for today at 3 P.M.: Rob a bank. Shall I create it?'
We're always taught that we're building for permanence, but why? I like the idea of a prosthetic architecture! When a section is removed, the building readjusts its weight distribution, like a living body.
Being a New Yorker and someone that goes to MoMA as a patron, I want it to be good.
Architects and food at a construction site equals indigestion. We're always looking for details that haven't been executed correctly.