The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.

I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings

I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.

Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.

Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

We have to base architecture on the environment.