Thom Mayne
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The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in.
Thom Mayne
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.
Thom Mayne
You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us.
Thom Mayne
Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.
Thom Mayne
But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.
Thom Mayne
Although the private cannot be substantiated by common logic, you have to find a workable logic in which to argue on behalf of the work.
Thom Mayne
