When You Have A Large Space To

Surprise Is Key In All Art.

The Artistic Capability Of Reinforced Concrete Is So Fantastic - That Is The Way To Go.

I Enter My Studio At 9 A.m. I Have Lunch Here, I Return Right Away To My Work And I Go Out To Dinner At 8 P.m. My Daily Tasks Vary Very Much.

I Have Always Accepted And Respected All Other Schools Of Architecture, From The Chill And Elemental Structures Of Mies Van Der Rohe To The Imagination And Delirium Of Gaudi. I Must Design What Pleases Me In A Way That Is Naturally Linked To My Roots And The Country Of My Origin.

We Hated Bauhaus. It Was A Bad Time In Architecture. They Just Didn’t Have Any Talent. All They Had Were Rules. Even For Knives And Forks They Created Rules. Picasso Would Never Have Accepted Rules. The House Is Like A Machine? No! The Mechanical Is Ugly. The Rule Is The Worst Thing. You Just Want To Break It.