Toyo Ito uses the visual aid of a scaled model to talk about his winning design of the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan. (Photo courtesy China Times)

Toyo Ito uses the visual aid of a scaled model to talk about his winning design of the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan. (Photo courtesy China Times)

Toyo Ito uses the visual aid of a scaled model to talk about his winning design of the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan. (Photo courtesy China Times)