I Believe That The Way

Working In Tokyo Has Convinced Me That, Contrary To What People Think, It Is Actually One Of The World's Most Beautiful Cities.

If You Give People Nothingness, They Can Ponder What Can Be Achieved From That Nothingness.

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.

You Can't Really Say What Is Beautiful About A Place, But The Image Of The Place Will Remain Vividly With You.

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.