Every Sunday morning, we feature a one-on-one Q&A with Jun, our resident curator, exploring the connection between Zen and architecture.
How does your background as an architect shape your approach to well-being?
Architecture trained me to think in three dimensions, focusing on structural stability, material integrity and beauty at varying scales. Similarly, I strive to build a multi-dimensional organization that aligns, reinforces, and bridges the hopes and dreams of many individuals we call stakeholders. I often have to zoom in close to the details or zoom out to see the big picture. For example, I make a 10-year plan to know where I want to be and meticulously plan my calendar to budget time for sleep, exercise, social activities, conferences, and productivity. This is ‘time scale.’ In terms of space, I think a lot about the meaning of home, having lived in more than 10 cities and being away from my hometown of Hong Kong for about half of my life. I think of home in terms of continents, cities, and my bedroom and bedside table. And these days, I’d like to think of planet earth as home.
These multi-scale, multi-dimensional thinking processes are certainly influenced by my architectural training, which I love.
Photo: Joe Jun Liao