ARCHITECT TADAO ANDO

Early lifeTadao Ando was born in Osaka, Japan, on 13TH SEPTEMBER 1941.

Career1962-69 - is self-taught in architecture and travel USA, Europe, Africa.Practice, in 1969, at the age of 28, in his native Osaka. 1969 - He taught at Yale University & Columbia University.1979 - Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan.1989 – ‘Gold Medal’ of the French Academy of Architecture.1985 - Alvar Aalto Medal.1992 - Carlsberg Architectural Prize.1994 - The Japan Art Grand Prix.1995 - The Asahi Prize.1995 - The Pritzker Architecture Prize.1997 - RIBA's Gold Medal, London.

• Diffuse Light in Building• Pure Rectangular Forms• Pure Concrete• Light through the

Concrete wall & Glass • Simple Rectilinear Space

Row House (Azuma House)Sumiyoshi, Osaka,Japan,1976

Architectural Analysis of Work

Concept This box of concrete occupies the entire site. The building, centripetal as far as its organization, has a tripartite structure centered around an uncovered patio.

• Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it

•Pure space enveloped in concrete rectangular forms - pure space and simple form

Church of the Light

Architect: Tadao Ando Location: Ibaraki, Osaka, JapanProject Year: 1989 (second phase 1999)Award : Pritzker Prize, 1995

•Pure space enveloped in concrete rectangular forms - pure space and simple form

•Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it

In the small town of Ibaraki, 25km outside of Osaka, Japan, stands one of Tadao Ando’s signature architectural works, the Church of the Light. The Church of the Light embraces Ando’s philosophical framework between nature and architecture through the way in which light can define and create new spatial perceptions equally, if not more so, as that of his concrete structures. Completed in 1989, the Church of the Light was a renovation to an existing Christian .

Plan

• Simplified, rectilinear forms and bare, naked concrete walls that define the spaces within

LIGHTING INSIDE THE CHURCH

KOSHINO HOUSE, ASHIYA JAPANLocation: Ashiya, Hyogo, JapanProject Year: 1980-1984

Plan

•Pure space enveloped in concrete rectangular forms - pure space and simple form

Simplified, rectilinear forms and bare, naked concrete walls that define the spaces within

CHURCH ON THE WATER

TADAO ANDOArchitect: Tadao AndoCommittee: local governmentLocation: Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan"Covered in snow from December to April, the area becomes a beautiful white expanse of land. Water has been diverted from a nearby river, and a man-mane pond 90x45 meters has been created. The depth of the pond was carefully set so that the surface of the water would be subtlu affected by the wind, and even a slight breeze would cause ripples." Tadao Ando

•Considered a patron of Minimalism but doesn’t compromises with the design

• Style- element of Light, Water through concrete and glass

Waiting room

Bathrooms

Chapel

Ground floor plan

Inside ViewSpecial sessions

Detail of the scale,Black granite floor

•Style- element of Light, Water through concrete and glass

• The column has become merely a symbol that addresses culture and history

Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthUnitet States. 2002

Architect: Tadao AndoLocation: Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery", evolving through several name changes and different facilities in Fort Worth. The mission of the museum is "collecting, presenting and interpreting international developments in post-World War II art in all media."

Site plan

•Pure space enveloped in concrete rectangular forms - pure space and simple form

• The column has become merely a symbol that addresses culture and history

The environment becomes as beautiful as the artwork that the museum displays, as it is heavily intertwined with the display spaces through large windows. The glass and water are very complimentary, as the still pond reflects the spaces just as glass reflects the water.

Style

• Ando was raised in Japan and lives there. Japanese religion and style of life strongly influenced his architecture and design

• Ando's use of concrete draws on work by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, with whom he is often compared.

Universidad de MonterreyMonterrey, Mexico

• Style- element of Light through concrete and glass

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe

• Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it

• Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of ArtHygo Prefecture, Japan

Museum of fine artKoto, japan

• Considered a patron of Minimalism but doesn’t compromises with the design

• Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it

Akita museum of ArtAkita, Japan

• Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it

• Emphasizing nothingness and empty space to represent the beauty of simplicity

“What I have sought to achieve is a spatiality that stimulates the human spirit, awakens the sensitivity and communicates with the deeper soul.” – Tadao Ando