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“There are so many constraints on the architect that public…” quote by Toyo Ito — Download Open image

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

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

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

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Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

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

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

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

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We have to base architecture on the environment.

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

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