Kazuo Shinohara wa, “ie wa geijutsu sakuhin de aru” to iu shuchou ni yotte, sengo Nihon no jutaku kuukangainen o saiteigi shimashita. Kare no ie wa tada no sumika de wa naku, fukuzatsu na kuukan shikou no hyougen de ari, shikou no joushiki ni hanshi, kantan ni kaishaku dekinai mono deshita. Shinohara no sakuhin wa, dentouteki na katachi ni nezasu chuushou kara, toshi no konton o umidasu chikara to shite toraeru made, yottsu no tokui na sutairu o matotte imasu. Suugaku o mananda keiken kara, Shinohara wa tokuyuu no keishiki teki na kisei o motte kenchiku ni torikakari, sono dezain wa junketsu to fujun, chinmoku to kouzou no aida de yureugoki, kako kara eikyou o uke nagara mirai e to tenkai shite imashita. Kare no ie wa, chiisaku, kikakuteki de, kyouchou na taiken no ba o tsukuri, kuukan o honshitsu made sobo ni shi, juusha to kouzou no arasoi to iu nama na taiken o shiji shimashita. Keishiki o koete, Shinohara wa hitotsu no keifu o katachi zukemashita. Sejima, Itou, Hasegawa nado e no eikyou wa, Nihon modanizumu no kiso o katachi tsukuru shunkan o irodotteimasu. “kuukan ni eien o kizamu” ya “zero-do no kikai to shite no kenchiku” to iu shikou wa, sedai o koete hibiki tsudzuketeimasu. Shinohara no eikyou wa, kaiko de wa naku, hitotsu no houhou to shite ikitsudzuke, sore wa gendai no imeeji to kinou ni michita jidai ni oite, betsu no mono—shikou, mujun, fukaketsu na bi no kenchiku—o teikyou shimasu.