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Toyo Ito is a 72-year old Japanese architect born in Korea who is considered one of the world's most innovative architects. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1965 and started his own studio, Urban Robot, in 1971 which he later renamed Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. Ito is known for his fluid, organic designs that blend the natural and built environments and appeal to human senses. Notable works include the Tama Art University Library, Tower of Winds in Yokohama, and the Sendai Mediatheque. Ito believes architecture should free people from restrictions by creating comfortable spaces and sees his style as always evolving to take on new challenges.

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Toyo Ito is a 72-year old Japanese architect born in Korea who is considered one of the world's most innovative architects. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1965 and started his own studio, Urban Robot, in 1971 which he later renamed Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. Ito is known for his fluid, organic designs that blend the natural and built environments and appeal to human senses. Notable works include the Tama Art University Library, Tower of Winds in Yokohama, and the Sendai Mediatheque. Ito believes architecture should free people from restrictions by creating comfortable spaces and sees his style as always evolving to take on new challenges.

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TOYO ITO

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE


AND INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECTS
BIOGRAPHY
A 72 year old Japanese Architect

Born in Keij, Japanese Korea
(now Seoul, South Korea) on 1 June 1941

Moved to Japan with his mother and two sisters in 1943

His wife died in 2010. They had one daughter who is now
40

Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2013

EDUCATIONAL AND WORK BACKGROUND

Graduated from the University of Tokyo's department
of architecture in 1965

Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates
from 1965 to 1969 (alongside Itsuko Hasegawa)

1971 Started his own studio, Urban Robot (URBOT)
in Tokyo then changed its name to Toyo Ito &
Associates, Architects in 1979


PHILOSOPHY/CONCEPT
Seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual
worlds

A leading exponent of architecture that addresses the
contemporary notion of a "simulated" city

His work is often said to have affinities with the ideas of
philosophers such as Munesuke Mita and Gilles Deleuze

Ito has defined architecture as "clothing" for urban
dwellers, particularly in the contemporary Japanese
metropolis
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
Knowned for striving to make flexible spaces
that appeal to the human senses
He also draws most of his inspiration from
the organic forms of nature and prioritizes
fluidity between the natural world and the
built form in his designs
Ito's work has never really stuck to one style
"a creator of timeless buildings, who at the
same time boldly charts new paths"

NOTABLE WORKS






Tama Art University Library
(Hachiji campus), 20042007,
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan








Tower of Winds, 1986, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa,Japan
Toyo Ito Towers, Barcelona, Plaza
Europa. Located at the entrance
of the Gran Via center of Fira de
Barcelona
Sendai Mediatheque,
19952000, Sendai-shi,
Miyagi, Japan
Toyo Ito Museum of
Architecture, 2006
2011, Imabari-shi,
Ehime, Japan
In his acceptance speech(for Pritzker Price) Wednesday night, Ito explained that for
him:

The task of the architect is to release people from
[conventional and] restrictive frameworks by creating spaces
in which they feel at ease and in which they can attain some
degree of freedom.

Architecture is bound by various social constraints. I have
been designing architecture bearing in mind that it would be
possible to realize more comfortable spaces if we are freed
from all the restrictions even for a little bit. However, when
one building is completed, I become painfully aware of my
own inadequacy, and it turns into energy to challenge the
next project. Probably this process must keep repeating
itself in the future. Therefore, I will never fix my architectural
style and never be satisfied with my works.

Thomas Pritzker, Toyo Ito, Lord Palumbo, Martha Thorn

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