Week 1 - Architect and Models

Contemporary Architect - Toyo Ito

Image: http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/04/images/ito.jpg

 Toyo Ito is a Japanese Contemporary Architect who uses steel, aluminum and glass to create structures and to interact with the surroundings of humans and the built environments.
(http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/04/02_ito.shtml)

Architectural Influences

1:) James Imperial's : Chai Tower Office / aMA Design Studio Co.

Image: http://www.archdaily.com/152040/chai-tour-office-ama-design-studio-co/

2:) Tower of Winds in Yokohama / Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

 Image: http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/WWW/Project_Descript/1980-/1980-p_08/main%20photo-800.jpg

3:) Sumika Pavilion / Sumika Project by TOKYO GAS / Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

 Image: http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/WWW/Project_Descript/2005-/2005-p_13/main%20photo-800.jpg

Paper Photos and Models

1:) James Imperial's : Chai Tower Office / aMA Design Studio Co.

2:) Tower of Winds in Yokohama / Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

3:) Sumika Pavilion / Sumika Project by TOKYO GAS / Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects