Toyo Ito
Toyo Ito
Toyo Itois a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called "one of the world's most innovative and influential architects."...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth1 June 1941
CountryJapan
Toyo Ito quotes about
I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.
architect public
There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.
dream optimism economy
The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.
style satisfied
I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works.
cities people world
Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.
running children games
Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.
cities people community
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.
architecture environment
We have to base architecture on the environment.
giving trying quality
I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.
use needs architecture
Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.
thinking pieces architecture
I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings