Love Letter to the Small Scale

This lecture is about the quiet energy of smallness. Small buildings, small teams and the personal connection that emerge when architecture stays human in scale. There is an enduring tension we live as architects: the urge to grow, to chase more important projects, but the wish to stay close, to keep a personal connection to our work. Bigger often promises more, but will deliver less. Less intimacy, less clarity, less creative spark. In this talk, I want to share that tension. The constant pull between scale and soul.