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.
Let us not mince words: the marvelous is always beautiful, anything marvelous is beautiful, in fact only the marvelous is beautiful.
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.
Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.
One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew.
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