During the day the Tower of Winds stands
as a 21m tall opaque object, its aluminum cladding shielding
the mirrored plates and lights within. At night the lights and
reflective surfaces dance to the music of the city, computer-controls
reacting to both man-made and natural forces: ambient sounds,
wind forces, time of day and season. The images that follow illustrate
the variety of patterns and degrees of transparency achieved
by a combination of over 1,000 lamps, twelve neon rings, and
thirty flood lights, the last situated on the ground and directed
upwards within the tower. Ito created a work of art/architecture
of simplicity that reflects the complexity and nature of the
city and its inhabitants. His influence is the music of the environment
combined with our interaction and effect upon it.
