The Externalized Brain

05Jun08

From the primitive ages, the human body has been linked with nature as a member in which water and air circulate. People today are equipped with an electronic body in which information circulates, and are thus linked to the world through a network of information by means of this other body. This virtual body of electron flow is drastically changing the mode of communication, while the primitive body still craves beautiful light and wind. The biggest challenge for us is how we can integrate these two types of body. The same applies to architecture today. The question is how to integrate the primitive space and the virtual space. People, when clad in a mechanical suit called an automobile, have their physical bodies expanded. People clad in a media suit have their brain expanded. Architecture as media suit is the externalized brain – Toyo Ito

*(From album inlay for SYSTEMS/LAYERS by Rachel’s)

 

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