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Toyo Ito Quotes: I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.
         

I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.


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I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings

I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings



Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.



We have to base architecture on the environment.

We have to base architecture on the environment.



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.

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.



Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.



Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.

Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.



I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works.

I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works.



The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.

The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.





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