"My ambition is to make life better here, in this country." - an ...

LF: Actually I don’t really believe that it is a possible way. I would work on a process by
which here life will be better. My aim is not to go to another place and enjoy an easier nicer
life. My ambition is to make life better here, in this country.
EKP: Why?
LF: I think all the citizens, and us architects as well, have a duty, a task. Our duty is to make
life better, more normal, less bureaucratic, of higher quality, and so on.
EKP: It is really nice what you're saying, I really like it. Tell me, please, more details: what
do you mean better life, less bureaucratic, of higher quality? Would you show some examples
about what do you mean exactly?
LF: I can not improve the world as a whole unit. It is too much for me. But I can make efforts
in my field: in architecture or organizing this office. I think these are my possibilities. When I
have an architectural job and I do it according to my best, maybe even better than an average
level, than I feel satisfied. I did something little. I think all the people in Hungary should do
this little effort in their field. If we all do it, this land, this place will be better. While we are
designing buildings, schools, research centers, family homes, water towers, we find very
interesting situations. We can always help with something. I give you an example. More than
ten years ago we designed a forestry school near Visegrád, and since then I have kept the
connection with them. A year ago they did not have a website, and I offered them to create
one, just to connect them with the world. I would like to see them blooming and going well,
and that's why I helped.
EKP: Do you have a secret desire what you would like to achieve or what you would like
reach or would you like to have?
LF: Definitely yes. I would like to organize a spiritually and existentially strong office, which
doesn't not depend very much on clients. Where I can choose among works, and not because I
choosy, but to achieve even higher architectural quality, or at least not to be under a pressure.
EKP: What is in your mind about "architectural quality"? Quality in materials used in the
buildings or in money invested?
LF: I mean quality spiritually. The more dependent you are, the more compromises you
should do. When I look around here, there are very strong offices and very weak offices, too.
Existentially and in the sense of architectural quality as well. I think when you have a strong
office, you have much better chances, too. There are ten people working in our office. It is
very interesting, that if you have a good office or a good studio, it creates extra energy. Ten
creative and talented people can do fabulous things, just because they have a common aim to
design good buildings.
EKP: This is the aim?
LF: That was one aim. The another aim of mine is to have a good family. The two things are
sometimes against each other.
EKP: What do you mean by good family?