致谢
Tadao Ando
Today, as an architect, I still feel fear.
Jun Aoki
Japan is moving in a wrong direction.
Shigeru Ban
In my country, architects are spoiled.
Nobody dares to ask them tough questions.
Hiroshi Hara
I still have the ‘60s revolution in me.
Itsuko Hasegawa
Female architects still have a tough time in Japan.
It seems, they have a better chance if they work in partnership
with a man.
Arata Isozaki
If architecture is so dumb and irrelevant like in Tokyo,
nobody cares.
Toyo Ito
We are entering a phase in Japan,
where we are pushed into a corner.
Kengo Kuma
My first architectural meetings were as a boy, with my father.
Kisho Kurokawa
Christian countries would never introduce the culture of Islam
into their sphere of influence.
Fumihiko Maki
To stay creative, I constantly have to shift
my thoughts between buildings.
Hiroshi Naito
You look at Japanese design magazines,
and nobody is addressing social issues.
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
If our opinions would be the same, we would be mute.
Kenzo and Noritaka Tange
If someone comes up to you with pictures and says,
“build me something like this”, then you will most likely fail if you try.
Terunobu Fujimori
Plants are uncontrollable and stubborn
all architects know that, but they are afraid to say it.
Kiyonori Kikutake
I never planned to become an architect,
but what else could I do? The Americans took our land.
I thought that I could create space by erecting towers.
Kazunari Sakamoto
As an architect, I must translate feelings into numbers.
Yoshio Taniguchi
I don’t have children of my own, so I consider
all my buildings to be children that I have to look after.
Yasuhiro Yamashita
I use core topics to guide myself and my staff,
like “anti-gravity”, “environment” and “cost transparency”.
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