Michel Rojkind Lecture

Last Tuesday, Mexican architect, Michel Rojkind, gave us our first lecture for the new 2011 year.  This lecture was an incredible start to the new year!  Michel is a very extraordinary architect, and in his own ways.  What intrigued me about his style of work wasn't even the work itself but the way that Michel accomplished his projects.



Take the Nestle museum for example.  Michel wanted the job for the walk around the Nestle factory, but was given only two and a half months to complete the project.  So what did Rojkind do?  He moved his firm to the site and hired staff to work 24 hour shifts for the full two and a half months.  This was just one of his projects that he went to an extreme to complete.  I admired Michel for his efforts for a project, even though it wasn't that large of one.




I absolutely love that Michel Rojkind is thinking outside of the box and finding out new ways to accomplish projects and design projects that most architects aren't doing.  Michel made a comment along the lines of: "People are always sitting around waiting for someone to make a move so that they can follow that move.  I want to be the guy is who making the move and others are following."  I know that's not word for word, but similar to what he said.  This may be the one quote that any architect has ever said that I wish I could be like. Michel is the guy who people laugh at because he has these big dreams and big ideas that seem impossible to reach; however, what separates Rojkind from others is his desire and passion to actually accomplish them.  He goes above and beyond others to make sure that these things happen.  This is what makes Rojkind an amazing architect and one that I will always look to for inspiration.