Architecture + Design

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■ What does architectu­re mean to you?

Architectu­re is the art of listening to the sounds of Nature.

■ How many hats do you have?

Six (Edward de Bono) hats. However, I usually wear the ‘green’ one.

■ A product/structure you wish you had built.

A termite mound.

■ What inspires you?

Nature

■ Which architects/ designers do you admire the most?

Antoni Gaudi, Frie Otto, Steve Jobs (he had an incredible sense of design)

■ If not an architect, what would you be?

A social insect

■ If you could be someone else, who would you be?

Martin Luther King Jr

■ Your dream project.

Design for social impact.

■ If you could have the opportunit­y to work with someone from any period, across any industry, who would it be and why?

Leonardo da Vinci– artist, architect, philosophe­r, engineer, inventor, theoretici­an.

■ Three things you can’t live without?

Clean air, clean water and clean energy.

■ Three things you love about your profession, and three you don’t.

Love: Innovation, social impact, human interactio­n.

There’s nothing I don’t idolise about art and architectu­re.

One must always see the ‘forest’ from the ‘trees’.

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