Toyo Ito redefines the interior of Mies' Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin for the coming exhibition Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin - Tokyo. We make money not art - via dezain
no matter what kinds of interventions "artists" or "architects" do to mies' buildings, such as this new whimsical amusement by toyo ito, mies' work will still stand alone, quiet and defiant.
I agree with raymonde. The building can take any kind of silliness and still look cool and collected and strong and beautiful.
I like this particular bit of silliness - it looks fun, and clearly is an intervention at opposition to the formality of the building. Nice little project.
may have some formal similarities to rem's project, but it's a lazy criticism to say that it's a ripoff. conceptually completely different. looking forward to seeing it finished.
are we going to be able to bring our skateboards inside??? damn freakin skateboarders paradise, im an Ito fan..... can a big name architect donate a design for a public skatepark??? ito's work could definetly rock the skatebaording/rollerblading/bmx world...
i can see it, Tony Hawk shaking hands with Toyo Ito at the Xtreme Games final...hahahahah
or my PSP Tony Hawk's underground with sets designed by a STARchitect...
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no matter what kinds of interventions "artists" or "architects" do to mies' buildings, such as this new whimsical amusement by toyo ito, mies' work will still stand alone, quiet and defiant.
yawn @ raymonde.
throws no-doz @ hotsies
and regarding the intervention, ito is just copying rem's agadir project (which was copying mies in the first place *yawn*):
I agree with raymonde. The building can take any kind of silliness and still look cool and collected and strong and beautiful.
I like this particular bit of silliness - it looks fun, and clearly is an intervention at opposition to the formality of the building. Nice little project.
may have some formal similarities to rem's project, but it's a lazy criticism to say that it's a ripoff. conceptually completely different. looking forward to seeing it finished.
are we going to be able to bring our skateboards inside??? damn freakin skateboarders paradise, im an Ito fan..... can a big name architect donate a design for a public skatepark??? ito's work could definetly rock the skatebaording/rollerblading/bmx world...
i can see it, Tony Hawk shaking hands with Toyo Ito at the Xtreme Games final...hahahahah
or my PSP Tony Hawk's underground with sets designed by a STARchitect...
FYI: The project architects working on it at Ito's office are Florian Busch and Christoph Cellarius.
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