“architecture is an art….the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony.”
Vignettes / Metropol Parasol Seville
“The form of this building was inspired by the vaults of Seville’s expansive cathedral – I wanted to create a ‘cathedral without walls’ that would be ‘democratic’ – and also by the handsome trees already in the square.”
