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.
Toyo ItoRead
I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Toyo Ito aims to blend solid architectural designs with elements that evoke a sense of lightness and ethereality.
In this quote, Toyo Ito expresses his intention to challenge the rigidity and permanence traditionally associated with architecture. He seeks to introduce elements that convey a sense of impermanence and delicacy, thereby creating spaces that feel both substantial and ethereal, reflecting a deeper interaction between physical structures and the intangible aspects of experience.
Themes
ArchitectureImmaterialDesignElementsEthereal
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about modern architectural philosophy.
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