“I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.”
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The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
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.
People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
