RAPID FIRE
■ 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’.