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Architecture is not just one building; it is about the life of a family in society. City planning, urban design, housing for people have so much influence on society and politics. This was not just our experience but also the experience of most of the developing countries in the world. You cannot take a villager from his little hamlet and put him in a ten-story apartment house. He feels miserable and alienated and wouldn't know how to live in those conditions. There were so many social aspects of their lives we had to consider. Also, it was not always easy to implement our ideas, because there were people responsible who didn't believe in them (it) |