To Build Is To Pray
Vision of Chiaki Uematsu
“To Build Is To Pray”
Architecture, to me, is more than designing forms.
It is a prayer that connects people across time, a creation that carries compassion and meaning.
While working as design chief for the renovation of Nippon Budokan at Yamada Mamoru Architecture Office,
I learned that architecture can inherit invisible emotions and collective memories.
This experience shaped my philosophy — To Build Is To Pray.
Read my full essay on Medium to discover how I see architecture as a bridge between emotion, technology, and tradition.
