Know What It Is That You Are

When I First Came To Guangzhou In 1981, It Seemed Such A Hard And Dour Place With Everyone In Chairman Mao Uniforms.

Two Years Ago I Focused On One Apartment To See How Many Variations You Can Come Up With In A Given Space With The Same Parameters. I Would Work On This Repeatedly For Days And You See That There Is Maybe Seven Hundred Options For One Space. This Exercise Gives You An Idea Of The Degree At Which You Can Interpret The Organization Of Space, It Is Not Infinite But It's Very Large.

I Used To Not Like Being Called A 'woman Architect.' I'm An Architect, Not Just A Woman Architect. The Guys Used To Tap Me On The Head And Say 'you're Ok For A Girl.' But I See An Incredible Amount Of Need From Other Women For Reassurance That It Can Be Done, So I Don't Mind Anymore.

Architecture Is Really About Well-being. I Think That People Want To Feel Good In A Space... On The One Hand It's About Shelter, But It's Also About Pleasure. The Intention Is To Really Carve Out Of A City Civic Spaces And The More It Is Accessible To A Much Larger Mass In Public And It's About People Enjoying That Space. That Makes Life That Much Better. If You Think About Housing, Education, Whether Schools And Hospitals, These Are All Very Interesting Projects Because In The Way You Interpret This Special Experience.

I Don't Particularly Like Showing Furniture On Pedestals, But For Whatever Reasons You Always Have To In Museums.