Tomas Rossant AIA
If architecture conditions human behavior, then we must be concerned with making environments to augment human performance, beyond terms of productivity and including terms of emotional well-being.
The delight in the visual aspects of architecture is a joy. Through drawing and models, experimentation and iteration we obsess over form and material, composition and aesthetic language to make buildings that are visually compelling and deeply connected to place. But ultimately, I privilege how our buildings, interiors and landscapes work – how they can positively impact and improve individuals – more than what they look like. If architecture conditions human behavior, then we must be concerned with making environments to augment human performance, beyond terms of productivity and including terms of emotional well-being. I strive for an institutional architecture that makes human communities thrive and optimizes institutional culture. Consider our buildings as cultural change agents.
