wishes in which he did indeed end his days monte chalo the dream of a lifetime a concrete utopian. view. he spent half a lifetime building and rebuilding the house his aim was to creation the classical work of art which would lead to a revolution amongst what he called the misshapen piles of colonial architecture and he went further he wanted his architectural revolution to parallel the political revolution he set off with his declaration of independence he saw it as a symbol of liberty and self-determination. wanted cello thus became an image of the a static and political ideas of thomas jefferson one of the founding fathers of a young republic and third president of the united states a man of many talents jefferson was also an architect philosopher man of letters astronomer physicist inventor and fama just to mention some of his interests.