My Objective Is To Design

In Japan, There Is Less A Culture Of Preserving Old Buildings Than In Europe.

All Those Involved In The Construction Of An Architectural Design, From The Architect To The Builder, Have An Attachment To The Architecture, Although It's Difficult To Quantify The Attachment.

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.

You Cannot Simply Put Something New Into A Place. You Have To Absorb What You See Around You, What Exists On The Land, And Then Use That Knowledge Along With Contemporary Thinking To Interpret What You See.

I Want To Create A Space That Moves People. It Doesn't Matter If It Is A House, Or A Museum, Or Whatever. So, It Is Somebody Sitting On That Lawn, Just Going Around And Around And Feeling Really Happy. That Is Something That I'm Striving For.