QAIS SOJITRAWALLA | Senior Architectural Technician

MELBOURNE

1. What is your nickname? Q

2. What is your favourite food? Something full of flavour, spice & promise.

3. Who is your favourite Architect / Designer? Jean Nouvel, Mies Van Der Rohe, Tadao Ando, Calvin Klein, Steven Holl.

4. What do you love most about the design profession? The opportunity to create and be empathetic towards the environment and its people.

5. What professional skill do you admire most in someone? Being a good listener and hard work.

6. What’s your favourite building and/or landscape design? There is too many to mention but TWA Terminal by Eero Sarinen, Architecture of Tadao Ando, De Stilj movement, Architecture of Steven Holl.

7. What would you like to do that you haven’t yet? Run a marathon, visit the seven tallest peaks in the world, Design & Build a Passivhaus project.

8. What place is on your bucket list to travel to? Scandinavia, South America, Leh & Ladakh, Japan

9. What is your hobby? Walking & hiking in beautiful locales, puzzling, photography

10. What super power do you wish you had? Boundless energy

11. If you could only keep 5 possessions, what would they be? Perpetual motion watch, a backpack, a great jacket, great pair of shoes, a really good hat.

12. If you could witness any event of the past, present, or future, what would it be? Building the Great Pyramids of Giza