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Japanese architect

Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄, Itō Toyō, born 1 June ) is 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."^[1]

In , Ito was awarded the Pritzker Prize, one of architecture's most prestigious prizes.^[2] He was a likely front-runner for the Pritzker Prize for the previous 10 years.

A recent trend has seen less experienced and well-known winners, for example Chinese architect Wang Shu in , and the award to Toyo Ito is seen as recognition of a lifetime's achievement in architecture.^[3]

Early life and education

Ito was born in Seoul, Korea to Japanese parents on 1 June when Korea was under Japanese rule.

In , he moved to Japan with his mother and two sisters living until middle school age in rural Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture. Ito attended Hibiya High School in central Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo's department of architecture in ^[4]

Career

After working for Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates from to (alongside Itsuko Hasegawa), in he started his own studio in Tokyo, named Urbot ("Urban Robot").

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In , the studio name was changed to Toyo Ito & Associates.^[4]

Throughout his early career Ito constructed numerous private house projects that expressed aspects of urban life in Japan. His most remarkable early conceptual contributions were made through projects of this scale, such as White U () and Silver Hut ().^[1]

With the Pao for the Tokyo Nomad Girl projects in and , Ito presented a vision of the life of an urban nomad, illustrative of typical lifestyles during the bubble economy period in Japan.^[5]

Tower of Winds () and Egg of Winds () are interactive landmarks in public spaces, resulting from a creative interpretation of contemporary technical possibilities.^[1] Whilst their function is in fact exhaust air outlets for the underground system below, their significance lies in Ito's treatment of their opacity, one of the hallmarks of his work.

Whilst appearing solid during the day, the perforated aluminium structures "dissolve" at night through the use of computer-controlled light systems which form an interactive display representing measured data such as noise levels in their surrounding vicinity.

Toyo Ito's office is known as a training ground for talented younger architects.

Architects who previously worked for his office include Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (KDa), Katsuya Fukushima, Makoto Yokomizo, and Akihisa Hirata.^[6]

Critical vision

Ito's 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. This theme revolves around the equilibrium between the private life and the metropolitan, "public" life of an individual.

The current architecture of Toyo Ito expands on his work produced during the postmodern period, aggressively exploring the potentials of new forms.

In doing so, he seeks to find new spatial conditions that manifest the philosophy of borderless beings.

Exhibitions

Ito's work has been exhibited widely.

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In , Ito used video projectors to simulate the urban environment of Tokyo for the Visions of Japan exhibition at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London.^[7] Later, in , his Vision and Reality at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art also became a traveling exhibition.^[8] Ito similarly exploited the effect of video projection as a medium with which to exhibit architecture in his Blurring Architecture exhibition, initiated at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen and traveling to four other cities (Tokyo, Antwerp, Auckland, and Wellington between and ).^[9]

Ito designed the Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin Exhibition () at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

The design featured a smooth, undulating landscape that occupied almost the entirety of the museum's main exhibition space. This exhibition, in collaboration with the Mori Art Museum, was one of the largest undertakings in the museum's history.^[10] A major retrospective of Ito's work was shown at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in as Toyo Ito: The New "Real" in Architecture.^[11]

List of works

Source:^[12]

• – White U House (house for his sister)
• – Silver Hut (Ito's own house, adjacent to White U)
• – Tower of Winds, West Exit, Yokohama Station, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
• – Yatsushiro Municipal Museum
• – Old People's Home in Yatsushiro
• – Sendai Mediatheque: a multi-function complex accommodating a mixed programme of library, art gallery, audio-visual library, film studio and café.

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• – Temporary Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, in Kensington Gardens, London
• – Bruges pavilion
• – Matsumoto Performing Art Center, Matsumoto
• – Tod'sOmotesandō Building, Tokyo
• – First Prize "Taichung Opera International Competition" in Taiwan
• – VivoCity Singapore at HarbourFront
• – Library of Tama Art University, Tokyo
• – World Games Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• – Huge Wine Glass in Pescara (broken after 64 days from unveiling)
• – Suites Avenue Building, Barcelona, Spain
• – Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
• – Za-Koenji Public Theater, Kōenji, Suginami, Tokyo
• – White O, Marbella, Chile
• – Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
• – Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
• – College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• – Taipei New Horizon Building, Taipei, Taiwan
• – National Taichung Theater, Taiwan
• – CapitaGreen, Singapore
• – Meiso no Mori Municipal Funeral Hall Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu, Japan
• – International Museum of the Baroque, Puebla, Mexico
• – The Tokyo Toilet project - Three Mushrooms, Tokyo, Japan^[14]

Gallery of works

• Nagaoka Lyric Hall (, Nagaoka)

• Serpentine Gallery, London, UK ()

• Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre ()

• TOD's Omotesando Building, Tokyo, Japan ()

• Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tokyo, Japan ()

• VivoCity, Singapore ()

• Library of Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan ()

• World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan ()

• Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ()

• Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari, Ehime, Japan ()

• National Taichung Theater, Taichung, Taiwan ()

Honors and recognition

Ito's awards and honors include:

Professorship

Ito holds a professorship at the Japan Women's University.

He is also an honorary professor at the University of North London and has served as guest professor at Columbia University. He teaches at Tama Art University Graduate program as a professor.^[22]

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