Toyo Ito Quotes

There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.

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

We have to base architecture on the environment.

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

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

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

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

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

I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.