I think everyone needs a goal. And what kind of goal will be important. And for that we have to study and we have to be intelligent.

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.

Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.

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

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.