TADAO ANDOTHE ARCHITECT OF LIGHT

PARSHWA SHAHDIPL.ARCH.BARDOLI.

Tadao Ando Born in Osaka, Japan in 1941. Is a self-taught architect. Is inspired by the works of Le Corbusier and also considers Mies van

der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn "I traced the drawings of his early period so many times, that all

pages turned black” Awards : The Pritzker Architecture Prize. the gold medal of the French Academy. plus numerous other medals and honorary fellow designations from

Finland, the United States, and Great Britain. He has every art and architecture prize his own country can bestow.

Tadoa Ando

Philosophy “In all my works, light is an important controlling

factor.” “I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick

concrete walls.” “When the external factors of a city’s environment

require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.”

“I create architectural order on the basis of geometry squares, circles, triangles and rectangles. I try to use forces in the area where I am building, to restore the unity between house and nature (light and wind).”

Philosophy Style - element of Light, Water, concrete and glass. Simplified, rectilinear forms. favors designing complex spatial circulation while maintaining the appearance of simplicity. Bare concrete walls that define the spaces within. Interior of the building are the form itself, ridicules the idea of masking it.

Church of the Light, 1999.LOCATION: Ibaraki, Osaka, JapanCONTEXT: Tightly-packed residential neighborhood Very small space Location influences form L-shaped wall separates church from busy

surrounding. No good views, so the windows are minimal – only the

distinctive narrow cross window and a window opening into the L-shaped wall

Church of the Light Entrance is from

the back. Must turn 180

degrees to face the front of the building

Church of the Light: Form

Form: Long, rectilinear plan “The building can be described simply as a bare concrete box with a wall cutting

through it at a 15 degree angle. “ Proportion: 1:3 – rectangle can hold 3 spheres, each 5.9 meters in diameter

Light is the origin of all being. Light gives with each moment new form to being and new interrelationship to

things and architecture condenses light to its most concise being. The creation of space in architecture is

simply the condensation and purification of the power of light.

“I do not believe architecture should speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind speak”Creates spaces that respond to human needs and spirit juxtaposing powerful concrete walls with light and nature, deep sense of peace, simple materials and geometry.

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

“I hoped this project would raise an issue against the current tendency. I tried to see to what extent an affluent space could be created with the minimum budget in an era flooded with goods and materials.”