Tarek Naga does not take kindly to the idea that an architect's job is to build, or even to design buildings. Building and architecture are two different things, absolutely. It's just an absolute pragmatic need for square footage. Architecture sits at the crossroads of all these disciplines. It's always a thermometer of developments at a particular moment in the history of a civilisation.
Building is something every single human being is engaged with.
You need a wall, you need a house, you go out and build a house, without having to engage with the theoretical, philosophical discourse. Building is a simple, simple process, while architects must understand the many forces impacting upon a particular moment in the history of their culture. Maybe they are the philosophical grasshoppers of this world, free to soar while the ants are busy putting away supplies for the winter. Naga's CV could be read as suggesting precisely that. But Naga has lived in the United States since 1979.