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toyo ito architecture museum, ehime, japan


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toyo ito has unveiled plans for his design of the toyo ito architecture museum in ehime, japan.
as the text is in chinese and japanese from what we have understood construction will start in
2010 and is due to open in the summer of 2011.

the design is based on a combination of shapes such as octahedron, tetrahedron
and cuboctahedron.

read the original article in chinese and japanese here

via dezain


toyo ito architecture museum model


toyo ito architecture museum


toyo ito architecture museum



toyo ito architecture museum - how each of the shapes are connected


toyo ito architecture museum


toyo ito architecture museum - elevation plan


toyo ito architecture museum - floor plan


site of the toyo ito architecture museum
ridhika db
09.18.09  
9
I love this
cuboctahedron   09.18.09
extremely conceptual architecture
o-o   09.19.09
The concept is amazing.
The interior looks fantastic.
But, the outside aesthetics look horrid (in my option).

Over all very pleasing.
A.   09.22.09
extremely conceptual architecture
cedar   09.23.09
interiors drawing from H. Abe's Kanno Museum perhaps?
LML   09.24.09
nah..
jed   09.24.09
hmm its not really smart.
SEOULISH   09.25.09
how do they plan to hang the partings?
cr   09.25.09
agghiacciante è dir poco... brrrrh!!
sasularchitexture   09.27.09
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