Grin grin park, Toyo Ito 2002 2005

As it happens in the lines of nature, Ito seeks formal freedom in the design that best adapted to the needs of their spaces. Ito embraces the apparently irregular qualities of nature’s ever-evolving presence. The capabilities of the current collaboration between design and structure calculation allow this game. The design is composed of three covered areas strung. Each shell is partially covered by glass roofs articulated in a scale-like manner; the rest is covered by vegetation. Thereby, it creates a continuous surface that twists into different vaulted spaces, adjusted to the scale of greenhouse contained. Thus we understand the building as an area that stands over the natural floor, creating spaces below and above it.