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.

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.

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

When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

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.

I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.