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“ I don't know any architects that I respect who don't have their own voice. I think the difference between architecture and the other arts is your immersion in reality. ”

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So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

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But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.

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Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.

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Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.

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