I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.

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

In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.

Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

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