Main entry:

Itō, Toyoo, 1941- interviewee.

Title & Author:

Islands and villages : the posturban phenomenon : Toyo Ito in Omishima / conceived, interviewed and narrated by Kayoko Ota.

Publication:

[Montréal] : Canadian Centre for Architecture, a CCA c/o Tokyo project, [2018]

Description:

1 streaming video file (13 min., 52 sec.) : sound, colour

Notes:
To launch c/o Tokyo, the Canadian Centre for Architecture commissioned a multi-part documentary on the posturban phenomenon in Japan. Traveling to small villages and tiny islands far from Tokyo, Ota explores how, in place of the conventional system of commissioning, a new kind of exchange is emerging between architects and rural communities.
Produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Art director: Tom Vincent ; direction, camera and edited by Mile Nagaoka ; music by Hidetoshi Koizumi.
Speakers: Toyo Ito and Kayoko Ota.
In Japanese, introductory remarks in English, subtitles in English.

Summary:

Since building a small museum on the island of Omishima in 2011, Toyo Ito has been traveling regularly to the remote community to work on various renovation projects that address the area's aging and shrinking population. In this video, the architect explains his fascination with the island as a space for work sheltered from the market pressures of the city, the possibilities of the non-urban as a testing ground for new ways of life, and his shift towards participatory practices as a result of his experiences on the island.

Subject:

Itō, Toyoo, 1941- Interviews.
Itō, Toyoo, 1941-
City planning Japan Ōmishima-chō.
Community development Japan Ōmishima-chō.
Architecture and society Japan Ōmishima-chō.
Architectural practice.
Architecture and society.
City planning.
Community development.
Japan Ōmishima-chō
Centre canadien d'architecture Events

Form/genre:

Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Streaming video.
Interviews.

Added entries:

Ota, Kayoko interviewer, narrator.
Centre canadien d'architecture, issuing body.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Centre canadien d'architecture. CCAchannel.
Centre canadien d'architecture issuing body.

Toyo Ito in Omishima
French title on CCA website: Îles et villages

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 306695
Call No.: 306695
Status: Available