LE GARDEN an architectural firm

Texture is a very important thing for me when designing, as well as, of course, key things such as quality of light, space, and proportion.  The texture of the materials you use are really important because they comprise the detail in which physical space is realized.

What the 'concept' actually manifests as can be hugely different depending on your project purpose.  The concept might be a response to site; 'a house of the landscape.' a question; 'how can architecture support the idea of unfolding through time?', or a technological concept; 'a building that breathes'.  A concept dose not necessarily mean it is highly theoretical, and it doesn't have to be image-based either (a building that looks like a bird isn't the only concept out there).

A concept is also not a thing, or idea, but how the building responds to, extends or uses that idea.  Wind is not a concept - it is an existing natural phenomena.  A concept would be 'a building that lets the wind pass through' or 'a space shaped by the wind' or 'an immaterial building'.