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- I always derive inspiration from forests, trees, and water in nature. In addition to them, natural phenomena such as wind and clouds also inspire my designs.
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Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄, Itō Toyō, born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds.
Mar 3, 2024 · Toyo Ito is known for the many iconic buildings he has produced since the beginning of his career. His influencing perspective has provided inspiring examples for many. His firm is also known for nurturing promising young architects.
By most accounts, Ito’s masterpiece was the Sendai (Japan) Mediatheque (completed 2001), a multipurpose cultural centre whose design was inspired by floating seaweed. From the outside the approximately 22,000-square-metre (237,000-square-foot) transparent structure resembled a gigantic aquarium; the building’s seven floors were supported by ...
May 2, 2018 · From mild beginnings designing homes in Tokyo's suburbs, Toyo Ito has become one of Japan's most influential architects alive today. Today, he designs around the world, embracing technology and nature to create ever-impressive buildings — all while his students and proteges take up the gauntlet inspired by his visions.
- Early Years
- Projects
- Home For All
- Philosophy
Despite having a very creative and deep idea of architecture, Ito admits to not being interested in architecture as a young boy. The architecture was always around him, though, as his grandfather was a lumber dealer, and his father liked to draw plans for his friends’ houses. He developed an interest in architecture when he attended the University ...
The Tower of Winds features more than 1000 small lights and neon rings which change their colours according to the wind’s noise level and change their intensity according to its speed. Of most of his work in the 1980s, Ito explains that he sought to go beyond conventional boundaries of architecture and what a building should be, through minimalisma...
The home-for-all with natural wooden columns and spaces on stilts is designed to serve as a place for relief for the disaster victims The Home-for-All initiative was set up after the earthquake and tsunami-affected areas in Tohoku within months in March 2011. A group of architects came together to design spaces to bring cities back from ground zero...
Toyo Ito aims at architecture which goes beyond the conventional notion of being modern. In many of his interviews as well as lectures, Toyo Ito always emphasises on creating architecture that has a close relationship with nature. Nature played an important role in his growing years, as he lived in a region where the natural elements of the place d...
The following is a transcript of “Rethinking Architecture from Modernism,” a Current Work lecture by Toyo Ito. The lecture, which took place on June 17, 2021, was introduced by Toshiko Mori, founder of New York-based Toshiko Mori Architect.
Mar 17, 2013 · Of his work in the 1980’s, Ito told the Pritzker Prize that “he was seeking to erase conventional meaning from his works through minimalist tactics, developing lightness in architecture that ...
