If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness..

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..

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

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

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

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future..

If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing..

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

No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environ….

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, ju….

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a….

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

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge al….

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 ….

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….

I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself with….

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

We borrow from nature the space upon which we build..

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you..

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex a….

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