Is the learning for you more spatial or one of flair?
I’m learning constantly how people interpret my floor
plans and how they bring great character to all of
The Block apartments. It’s really quite interesting to
watch it unfold. You know people often ask me what’s
my favorite apartment? It’s a hard question to answer
because I drew the layouts. I see bits I love in every
apartment. I love picking the bones out of what
they do and I am learning, constantly learning
as a professional how to approach space.
How do contestants teach you to discover?
There are different ways to approach space,
different ways to approach light, different ways to
approach colour, different ways to approach fittings
and furniture. Over-decorating, under-decorating,
how important is decorating? It’s not something that
an architect would generally consider. Decorating
is something that someone else does, but it is a
fundamental way space is used, which is really critical.
Architects will talk a lot about light and a lot about
proportion, but what people really do and how
they function in that space from a decorative
or a textural point of view is equally important.
I’m learning that lesson as we go along.