Media Facade Research

Tower of Wind


"I wanted to create an architectural space that is like a space in musical sound. The system in configuring sounds in music is determined by the composer. But how the player takes them each time makes a lot of difference in the spatial sound of the music created. Moreover, sounds die away, as time goes by. I would like to create such an architectural space. So I think virtual architecture existing in my consciousness can be well translated into something like music. But in reality, once a building is constructed on earth it can no longer be translated into music. I myself feel betrayed, as soon as I see a completion of my work. But after all, music as well as architecture is a visualization of the time and construction of space. I hate to see the space in architecture freeze and continue to exist for a long time."

(Toyo Ito’s answer on the question of architecture can be translated into music _ Interview with Toyo Ito by Carly Berwick in The Take-magazine. )
Tower of Winds

Project completion in 1986