>> I remember we had a professor at Ambler
and he taught planet [phonetic] defecation [phonetic].
Things on mostly trees and shrubs, you know.
And one of the things he said to me was I can show you this plant and you can come back
and look at it next week and maybe identify it because of its bark or its tree.
But he said now if you're going to try and find this
in where it goes naturally then you have to understand its context.
So understand, does it like a lot of water?
Understand does it need to grow in a protected environment?
And if you understand all of those things you'll be able
to almost lead yourself to where this tree will be.
And that understanding of context for me is important in city design.
We have to really, in all these projects, understand the bigger forces at will.
And that could be political forces.
It might be social forces.
And it might be just physical forces of what's the existing site trying
to tell you before you actually design this project.
So that was good advice and its, kind [phonetic] of, start with.