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My Objective Is To Design A Space That Nobody Else Can Come Up With While Using The Material That Anyone Can Use.

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.

No Matter How Advanced Society Becomes, Institutionally Or Technologically, A House In Which Nature Can Be Sensed Represents For Me The Ideal Environment In Which To Live. From A Functional Viewpoint, The Courtyard Of The Rowhouse In Sumiyoshi Forces The Inhabitant To Endure The Occasional Hardships. At The Same Time, However, The Open Courtyard Is Capable Of Becoming The House's Vital Organ, Introducing The Everyday Life And Assimilating Precious Stimuli Such As Changes In Nature.

I Hope America Can Also Be The Cultural Leader Of The World, And Use This Frontier Spirit To Lead And Show Others That We Need Courage To Go Places Where We Have Not Gone Before.

I Don't Look So Closely At Women's Fashion, But From The 20th Century On, People Have Had The Freedom To Express Themselves And Their Individualities, And Fashion Is One Of The Most Fundamental Ways In Which They Do This, Men And Women Are Equally Able To Express Themselves.