I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the creative nature of architecture as an act of invention.
Thomas Heatherwick's quote suggests that architecture should be viewed through the lens of invention, highlighting the creative process involved in every project. He expresses concern that this perspective is often overlooked in academic settings, encouraging a more innovative approach to architectural education.
In practice
In a speech about innovative architectural practices.
I try to be a positive person, but I'm also always looking and wondering, 'Maybe this could be done differently.' As soon as your mind is in a critical mode, you're halfway through designing; as soon as you start thinking about whether something could be better, you're already halfway through a solution.
Often the most important moment in the design process is figuring out what the right question is.
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.
Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.
The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'
I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.
[People] want me to finish things. But I see them in such a way and paint them accordingly. ... Nothing is simpler than to complete pictures in a superficial sense. Never does one lie so cleverly as then.
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