I Think Of The Past And The

Spiritual Space Is Lost In Gaining Convenience. I Saw The Need To Create A Mixture Of Japanese Spiritual Culture And Modern Western Architecture.

I Believe That The Way People Live Can Be Directed A Little By Architecture.

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.

Without This Spirit, Modernist Architecture Cannot Fully Exist. Since There Is Often A Mismatch Between The Logic And The Spirit Of Modernism, I Use Architecture To Reconcile The Two.

When I Design Buildings, I Think Of The Overall Composition, Much As The Parts Of A Body Would Fit Together. On Top Of That, I Think About How People Will Approach The Building And Experience That Space.