Toyo Ito : Works, Projects, Writings

by Maffei, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9781904313458
• ISBN10: 1904313450
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-15
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

"The Architectural Documents" series sees the publication of the firstonograph on one of the most extraordinary figures on the contemporaryrchitectural scene, Toyo Ito of Japan (b. 1941). Since the 1970s, Ito haseen carrying out research into building materials, light and space, researchhich has led him to design buildings that he himself has defined as "nonaterial": aerial structures, fluid and permeable spaces which avoid rigidompositional geometries. Over the years, Ito has gradually simplified hisanguage, and his work, the structure of which has increasingly lostmportance, can be studied as a series of variations on the layering of theacade. His "obsession" with lightness and transparency are expressed to theull in the most important work of his creative career, the Sendaiediatheque (1995-2001). This book, with an exceptional body of illustrations,resents the Japanese architect's most significant projects, starting withhe Aluminum House of 1970-1 through to the most recent project for theahler 4 office block in Amsterdam (2000-2001).;The appendix includes a

Table of Contents

Toyo Ito, The Works	9	(10)
Andrea Maffei
Architecture Is No Longer ``Architecture'' Water Cube -- Sendai Mediatheque and Beyond	19	(9)
Koji Taki
Works and Projects
Aluminium House, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, 1970--71	28	(2)
White U, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 1975--76	30	(4)
PMT Building, Nagoya-shi, Haichi, 1976--78	34	(4)
House in Kasama, Kasama-shi, Ibaragi, 1980--81	38	(4)
Silver Hut, Nakano--ku, Tokyo, 1982--84	42	(8)
Pao I, Installation for ``Pao: A Dwelling of Tokyo Nomad Woman'', Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, 1985	50	(4)
House in Magomezawa, Funabashi-shi, Chiba, 1985--86	54	(4)
Project for the Exhibition ``Furniture for Tokyo Nomad Women'', Tokyo, 1986	58	(4)
Nomad Restaurant, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1986	62	(4)
Tower of Winds, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 1986	66	(6)
Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto, 1988--91	72	(8)
Pao II, Exhibition for ``Pao: A Dwelling for Tokyo Nomad Women'', Brussels, Belgium, 1989	80	(4)
T Building in a Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 1989--90	84	(4)
Gallery U in Yugawara, Yugawara-cho, Kanagawa, 1989--91	88	(6)
Project for the Maison de la culture du Japon, Paris, 1990	94	(6)
Gate of Okawabata River City 21, (``Egg of Winds'') Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 1990--91	100	(4)
Shimosuwa Municipal Museum, Shimosuwa-cho, Nagano, 1990--93	104	(8)
``Visions of Japan'' Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991	112	(4)
Hotel P. Shari-gun, Hokkaido, 1991--92	116	(10)
ITM Building in Matsuyama, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, 1991--93	126	(4)
Planning and Urban Design for Luijazui Central Area, Shanghai, China 1992	130	(4)
Old People's Home in Yatsushiro, Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto, 1992--94	134	(8)
Yatsushiro Fire Station, Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto, 1992--95	142	(8)
Nagaoka Lyric Hall, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata, 1993--96	150	(10)
Dome in Odate, Odate-shi, Akita, 1993--97	160	(6)
Community and Day-care Centre in Yokohama, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 1994--97	166	(8)
S House in Oguni, Oguni-cho, Kumamoto, 1995--96	174	(4)
Ota-ku Resort Complex in Nagano, Chiisagata-gun, Nagano, 1995--98	178	(8)
Notsuharu Town Hall, Notsuharu-machi, Oita, 1996--98	186	(8)
T Hall in Taisha, Taisha-cho, Shimane, 1996--99	194	(12)
Crystal Ballpark, Competition Project for Seoul Dome, Seoul 1997	206	(10)
Project for Redesigning the Waterfront of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 1997	216	(6)
T House in Yutenji, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 1997--99	222	(4)
Aluminium House in Sakurajosui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 1997--2000	226	(6)
Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, 1997--2000	232	(28)
Project for the Trade Fair Centre, Hiroshima-shi, 1997--	260	(6)
Project for the Extension of the Bank of International Settlements, Basel, 1998	266	(4)
``Health Futures'' Installation at the Expo 2000, Hanover, 1998--2000	270	(4)
Groningen House, Project for a Residential Complex in Aluminium, Groningen, 1998--2001	274	(4)
Project for the Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Rome, 1999	278	(6)
Project for the l'Hopital Cognacq-Jay, Paris, 1999--(2004)	284	(6)
Oita Agricultural Park, Hayami-gun, Oita, 2001	290	(6)
Project for Mahler 4 Office Block, Blok 5, Amsterdam, 2000--01	296	(7)
Chronology of Works	303	(31)
Selected Writings
Toyo Ito
Architecture in a Simulated City	334	(3)
A Garden of Microchips	337	(3)
Simple Lines for Le Corbusier	340	(2)
The Image of Architecture in the Electronic Age	342	(1)
Tarzans in the Media Forest	343	(3)
Three Transparencies	346	(2)
A Body Image Beyond the Modern: Is There Residential Architecture Without Criticism?	348	(3)
Blurring Architecture	351	(1)
Sendai Mediatheque Report ``Under Construction''	351
Appendices
Biography	356	(1)
Bibliography	357	(4)
Photograph Credits	361