Itō Toyoo and the "Minna No Ie" Project

Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture

The Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennial. (Photo by Hatakeyama Naoya; courtesy of the Japan Foundation.)

Itō Toyoo

Models that Hirata Akihisa used for the project proposals, moving from the initial model on the left, an intermediate model in the center, and the second-to-last model on the right. (Photos courtesy of the Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office.)

Hirata Akihisa

Views of of the house in Rikuzentakata.

From left, Inui Kumiko, Itō Toyo, Hirata Akihisa, Fujimoto Sōsuke, and Hatakeyama Naoya. (Photo courtesy of the Japan Foundation and Hatakeyama Naoya.)