I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.

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

In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is always a point where they Clash. I don't think Architecture can be created without that Collision.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

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

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.