I Take The Museum Space Also As

People Tend Not To Use This Word Beauty Because It's Not Intellectual - But There Has To Be An Overlap Between Beauty And Intellect.

In The West There Has Always Been The Attempt To Try Make The Religious Building, Whether It's A Medieval Or Renaissance Church, An Eternal Object For The Celebration Of God. The Material Chosen, Such As Stone, Brick, Or Concrete, Is Meant To Eternally Preserve What Is Inside.

No Matter How Advanced Society Becomes, Institutionally Or Technologically, A House In Which Nature Can Be Sensed Represents For Me The Ideal Environment In Which To Live. From A Functional Viewpoint, The Courtyard Of The Rowhouse In Sumiyoshi Forces The Inhabitant To Endure The Occasional Hardships. At The Same Time, However, The Open Courtyard Is Capable Of Becoming The House's Vital Organ, Introducing The Everyday Life And Assimilating Precious Stimuli Such As Changes In Nature.

There Is A Role And Function For Beauty In Our Time.

I Hope America Can Also Be The Cultural Leader Of The World, And Use This Frontier Spirit To Lead And Show Others That We Need Courage To Go Places Where We Have Not Gone Before.