Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
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- I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
- If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
- 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 harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
- I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
- Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.