New Metabolism

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In the most recent project, SINGAPORE BUONA VISTA MASTERPLAN COMPETITION, SINGAPORE, its biological infrastructure and system are characterized and relevant to the ideal Metabolism. While, the idea of his latest works does not mere include the ideal Metabolism, but also is developed as more aggressive interaction with nature. Instead of being a successor of Metabolism, Toyo Ito has push the boundary of Metabolism to the modern organicism.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism_(architecture)
The introduction of Metabolism architecture, where the idea had been developed and some precedents were built.

http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/
The official website where it introduce all projects in last then years.

toyo ito: designboom interview


DESIGNBOOM interview with Toyo Ito. From the Q&A, it provides not only the some original ideas behind the projects, but also gives the good representation of drawings and diagram.