Based on his studies at Princeton, Moore developed a humanistic approach to

architecture in which each design attempts to engage users within a clearly

defined spatial environment. To effectively activate these spaces and generate
synthesis, Moore creates a kinetic juxtaposition of unrelated forms.

Like Charles Moore’s Piazza d’Italia in New

Orleans (1975–80) and Alumni Center at the University
of California at Irvine (1983–85), these confident and
colourful buildings were intended to reassure the
public that it need no longer feel that its cultural
identity is threatened by modern architecture.