I take the museum space also as sacred in a sense.

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind