toyo ito architecture museum, ehime, japan

toyo ito architecture museum by toyo ito all images toyo ito

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