I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings Toyo Ito More Quotes by Toyo Ito More Quotes From Toyo Ito Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand. Toyo Ito architectureuseneeds I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality. Toyo Ito qualitytryinggiving We have to base architecture on the environment. Toyo Ito environmentarchitecture 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 Ito communitycitiespeople I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works. Toyo Ito satisfiedstyle Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever. Toyo Ito citiespeopleworld Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games. Toyo Ito gamesrunningchildren The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists. Toyo Ito optimismeconomydream There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable. Toyo Ito buildingsfeelfreenever I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies. Toyo Ito ownfeellosingsometimes
