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The Architecture Per Se Isn't At Fault. The More Important Factor, In My View, Is The Political Neglect Of These Areas, Which Have Essentially Been Cut Off From Other Neighborhoods.

Architects Work In Two Ways. One Is To Respond Precisely To A Client's Needs Or Demands. Another Is To Look At What The Client Asks And Reinterpret It.

Everyone Is Talking About Sustainability And Resilience, Yet All That Knowledge Is Thrown In The Bin. [lagos Is] A Unique Case, But Also A Test Case. It's Unbelievably Unique, But Also It's Now Considered With A Number Of Really Generic Opinions, Generic Solution, Generic Expectations.

When We Went In The Late 1990s, Nigeria Was Still In A Dictatorship. So We Didn't Go With A Mission. It Started Really With A Sort Of Blankness And Open-endedness.

Architecture Is A Rare Collective Profession: It's Always Exercised By Groups. There Is An Essential Modesty, Which Is A Complete Contradiction To The Notion Of A Star.