My work is motivated by the question of how architecture can engage, sustain, and transform. How, as architects, can we create opportunities for engagement that push beyond passive and commodified environments of desire by encouraging active participation in meaningful experience? How does our work present and sustain the identity of a place through an embrace of regional history and culture? And with these priorities in mind, what can we propose that transforms the built environment in ways that create new possibilities for equity and inclusion?

Architects make buildings for people. Our history, our education, and our practice should strive to uphold that priority. If we understand architectural history as the story of environments of possibility, rather than a concern of objects, we have a lens through which we can approach new work with a clear-eyed intention that comes from an understanding of our place in history, situated within structures of power, with the ability to effect change, and a responsibility to ensure that our work is in service to an equitable and inclusive future.