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There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.

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We have to base architecture on the environment.

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I would like to use architecture to create bonds between people who live in cities, and even use it to recover the communities that used to exist in every single city.

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Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

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The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.

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Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

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I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.

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Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.

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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Architect

Born: June 1st, 1941

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