I Don't Believe Architecture Has

I Create Enclosed Spaces Mainly By Means Of Thick Concrete Walls. The Primary Reason Is To Create A Place For The Individual, A Zone For Oneself Within Society. When The External Factors Of A City's Environment Require The Wall To Be Without Openings, The Interior Must Be Especially Full And Satisfying.

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.

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.

It Wasn't That I Had Any Great Dream Of Being An Architect. I Just Wanted To Make Things. Whether It Was Furniture, Painting, Interior Design, Or Architecture. I Just Wanted To Create Something.

Japanese Traditional Architecture Is Created Based On These Conditions. This Is The Reason You Have A Very High Degree Of Connection Between The Outside And Inside In Architecture.