Whilst their function is in fact exhaust air outlets for the underground system below, their significance lies in Ito's treatment of their opacity, one of the hallmarks of his work. Tower of Winds (1986) and Egg of Winds (1991) are interactive landmarks in public spaces, resulting from a creative interpretation of contemporary technical possibilities. With the Pao for the Tokyo Nomad Girl projects in 19, Ito presented a vision of the life of an urban nomad, illustrative of typical lifestyles during the bubble economy period in Japan. His most remarkable early conceptual contributions were made through projects of this scale, such as White U (1976) and Silver Hut (1984). Throughout his early career Ito constructed numerous private house projects that expressed aspects of urban life in Japan. In 1979, the studio name was changed to Toyo Ito & Associates. Career Īfter working for Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates from 1965 to 1969 (alongside Itsuko Hasegawa), in 1971 he started his own studio in Tokyo, named Urbot ("Urban Robot"). Ito attended Hibiya High School in central Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo's department of architecture in 1965. Two sisters living until middle school age in rural Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture. In 1943, he moved to Japan with his mother and Ito was born in Seoul, Korea to Japanese parents on 1 June 1941 when Korea was part of Japan.
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