Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand. – Toyo Ito
The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists. – Toyo Ito
There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable. – Toyo Ito
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
Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever. – Toyo Ito
Children don’t run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games. – Toyo Ito
