The state of the contemporary world is facing a phenomenon of standardisation as the dominant force. The vital cultural elements that in the past have supported elements such as history, tradition and environmental characteristics, have been rejected. Simplicity and mediocrity supported by economic rationality now dominante. The cities all appear similar without the distinctive features they once possessed.

Postmodernim, with its seemingly diverse development, may enhance an information-oreinted society; however, the majority of today's buildings do not possess the essential power they need to stand on their own. What is necessary is not to promote the myth that "progress is everything", nor to react to this myth by returning to the past or mischievously referring to the vernacular for expression.

I value cultural treasures and would like to develop them in a creative way. I believe that we should emphasise the geagraphic and natural environmental context and climate, as well as historical and cultural heritage. In relating to the abstract and the "real", I understand the "abstract" to be modernism generated from geometric organisation and the "real" to be the totality of the history and culture, the natural context, and the cities and hte lives of people.

Like a single flower in a vase in the 'tokonoma' of a teahouse, it is not the quantity of visual stimuli that beats richness; rather it is the inner quality of the message. We must search out the hidden symbolie readings of the inner qualities to reveal the essence of being.

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