Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
- LUIS BARRAGÁN, Time magazine, May 12, 1980
When people ask me why I chose to be an architect, I say " whenever I see or enter a well designed space it make my hair stand on end and I wanna build better......thats why!". For me Architect Luis Barragan's works evoke that profound emotion. I havent experienced his works physically but the serenity of the spaces that he has created never fails to enthrall me. The vocabulary of design is so powerful , yet the 'alphabet' remarkably simple. I have realised that as a professional one has to experiment with a few languages in design before finding the right expression but this language probably would remain my 'mother tongue'!
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