We make our buildings, and then our buildings make and shape us.
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.
I like to adapt to each city. I like to come up with a concept for each space I do. The vibe in L.A. is a little sexier than New York, so the colors are a little different.
It's not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone.
I've always loved design. I loved imagining the way people could live in a space, that's what I connected to.
All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.
Let's put it this way: One can be happy or unhappy in a building. But some buildings make us more depressed than others.
Apart from differentiating our spaces with design, we also look for buildings that have distinctive character. We make sure every seat is a good one.
Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
Architecture is politics.
My passion is to create and transform a small or a large space.
I want to create a space that moves people. It doesn't matter if it is a house, or a museum, or whatever. So, it is somebody sitting on that lawn, just going around and around and feeling really happy. That is something that I'm striving for.
I always try to craft spaces around the moments that I imagine people or families having in them.
Design should revolve around what the main purpose of the space is. If you plan to live there, it should reflect your personality.
We're producing spaces that accommodate human activity. And what I'm interested in is not the styling of that, but the relationship of that as it enhances that activity. And that directly connects to ideas of city-making.
We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.
The spaces we live in should tell our story.
I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space.
Our preoccupation has always been to craft space in such a way as to induce social interactions that would in turn generate a sense of community and a culture, but starting from the very immediate issue of how action influences perception.
The main thing for me is that anything I design, I try to design it with just a little bit of pizzazz, something that's going to allow the family to stay home and enjoy the space as opposed to necessarily having to always go to a park or something.
Drew definitely has great design taste. He knows what looks good in a space, and he knows how to put together a design.
There are places that are so designed they're unlivable.
