Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.

Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.

Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.

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