Influenced by deconstruction, Kojin Karatani thinks that the development of western philosophy relies on "the architecture as metaphor." In other words, the formalization of western philosophical discourse on the one hand has established a solid foundation for other disciplines. On the other hand, it can be considered as a building that is built up continuously. Therefore, "architecture as metaphor" does not analyze the space planning, or the relationship among different spaces in a building. It is rather a process of deconstruction, in which discourses are the target of analysis. That is, the concept of architecture as metaphor occurs in the philosophical discourse. Concerning the strategy of deconstruction, Kojin indicates the limit of the architecture's formalization and introduces "others" (autrui) for the purpose of communicating with the inside text, thereby preventing the closure of the system. Known for his deconstruction, Jacque Derrida thinks that deconstruction never occurs outside but inside the text. In other words, in "architecture as metaphor", Derrida intends to prove the inevitability of natural languages and impossibility of discourse formalization through the inside text. Therefore, for Derrida, the inside language itself consists of others. In this paper, I attempt to discuss the strategic differences of deconstruction between Kojin and Derrida. Additionally, I will analyze the possibility that Kojin tries to introduce others from the outside text to deconstruct the will of architecture in the western thoughts.