The World Motivation
It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.
“It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.”
— Jean Nouvel · Design
It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.
If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself!
I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.
I think architecture has to be a gift.
Each new situation requires a new architecture.
Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects.
A true flag is not something you can really design. A true flag is torn from the soul of the people. A flag is something that everyone owns, and that's why they work. The Rainbow Flag is like other flags in that sense: it belongs to the people.
Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.
At Stanford, we teach 'design thinking' - that is, we put together small, interdisciplinary groups to figure out what the true needs are and then to apply the art of engineering to serve them.
There are so many different aspects of my life - the on-camera aspect, the laid-back aspect with my friends and family, the career-oriented aspect, the design aspect.