Gerard Huet – Cardete & Huet – Toulouse (France)
Toulouse-Blagnac airport, French Embassy in Bogotá, French Pavilion at the Zaragoza Expo, Toulouse-Oncopole University Cancer Institute …
1 – Who is Gerard Huet?
An architect, curious by nature.
2 – When did you decide you wanted to be an architect?
When I was a teenager.
3 – The benchmark in architecture …
L. Kahn.
4 – If not an architect, you would be a …
I prefer not to think about it.
5 – A fault and a virtue.
Simplicity.
6 – Describe your house.
Open.
7 – Sunday is a day for …
Working.
8– A place which inspires you.
Anticipation is my inspiration.
9– What is the last book you read?
Lydie Salvayre (Don’t cry).
10– 15 years on …
Constantly evolving.
11– When thinking about architecture, what comes to mind …
Controlling light.
12 – Pencil or computer?
Pencil, although on second thoughts …
13 – How would you describe your work?
Patient – thoughtful – determined.
14 – A project you would like to carry out
The space of the future, where you can live in harmony?
15 – Your opinion of Spanish architecture.
Magnificent, unrestricted.
16 – How do you maintain your own style whilst satisfying your customers’ needs?
With patience and reasoning.
17 – In architecture what are you better at and what is more difficult for you?
I am not perfect, but rather I always try to do something less badly.
18 – Your recipe for success.
Persuasion.
19 – What role do natural products play in your work?
There is nothing natural, everything is transformed.
