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Sendai Mediateque is the integration
of the answers to the various challenges Toyo Ito has dealt with throughout the
nineties. With this highly experimental piece of architecture, Ito pursues the
desired state of architecture in a society based on electronic media.
This exhibition sought to introduce the concept of "Blurring Architecture" conceived
by Ito through Sendai Mediateque and offer a new perspective on architecture.
It centered on a visual presentation with which visitors were able to experience
the concept of "simulation", the core theme of Sendai Mediateque.
"The Blurring Architecture" undermines the conventional
definition of architecture.
What I am trying to do is to blur the discipline of architecture by having two
different kinds of architecture take place concurrently; one revealing its material
nature thoroughly, and the other creating a space made purely from symbols.
One day, the building will be completed and opened. The brand-new, inviting-looking
building will probably fit naturally in the urban contexts.
I would like you to remember at that time, however, that there were thousands
of days of our blurring architecture behind it. This is what "the Blurring Architecture"
means.
[An excerpt from the introductory statement for the exhibition by Toyo Ito]
 Credits
of the Simulated Images:
Concept by: Toyo Ito
Produced by: Kayoko Ota
Directed by: 000/STUDIO (Masayuki Kuramochi, Shouhei Matsukawa)
Music Composed by: Ryoji Ikeda
Production Assistant: Reo Yokota (Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects)
Programmed by: Yasuhito Nakanishi
Special Thanks to: NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC]
Video Featuring Interviews on the Sendai Mediateque
8 people including Toyo Ito and the following experts will appear in the video:
Arata Isozaki (architect), Koji Taki (Critic), Terunobu Fujimori (Architecture
historian and professor of Architecture Department, Tokyo University), Mutsuto
Sasaki (structural engineer), Eishi Katsura (Library and information scientist
and a member of the Committee for Studying Project), Hajimu Fujii (Mayor of Sendai
city), Emiko Okuyama (Head of Lifelong Learning Section, City of Sendai), and
Toyo Ito
Lecture
Speaker: Toyo Ito
The catalog of this exhibition
"Toyo Ito, Blurring Architecture"
Publisher: Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen
Text: English
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