How I Think
Four convictions that shape every drawing before it becomes a place.
Context
Fig. i
Context
A building has no right to ignore what came before it. Every site carries a history of climate, craft, and neighbours — the design has to answer to all three.
Fig. ii
Light
Light is a material, not a condition. I draw with it the way others draw with brick — deciding where it should fall before I decide where the walls go.
Fig. iii
Material
Every surface should say what it is. Stone as stone, timber as timber — nothing dressed up to imitate something it isn't.
Fig. iv
Silence
The best rooms don't perform. They leave space for a person's own thoughts, and get out of the way of daily life.
