생태적 건축 관점에서 본 도요 이토 건축에 관한 연구

A Study of the Toyo Ito’s Architecture on the Perspective of Ecology

Architecture is the result of reflecting paradigm. As the paradigms and architectures are changing, architect between them are not free by no means. As changes occur continuously, it is important to acknowledge the flows of change and to do some roles in that flows. Toyo Ito is one of the architects who confront the contemporary situations, find the problem and struggle to containing it in his architectural world. He tries to accept and reorganize the phe-nomenon that appears today’s society. Contemporary architecture is showing many aspects on the ground of ecological paradigm. Therefore fresh architectural methods are being quested. This study point at one aspect of Toyo Ito’s architectural feature - eco-friendly- which have do-miant influences on his architecture philosophy. This notion also has important role on Toyo Ito’s past and present activities.