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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.

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.

You Can't Really Say What Is Beautiful About A Place, But The Image Of The Place Will Remain Vividly With You.

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 Like Ruins Because What Remains Is Not The Total Design, But The Clarity Of Thought, The Naked Structure, The Spirit Of The Thing.