Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando
Tadao Andois a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism"...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth13 September 1941
CountryJapan
needs architecture structure
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
unique japan culture
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
hands brain working-together
When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.
men design architecture
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.
beauty beautiful beauty-is-skin-deep
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
moving space museums
I want to create a space that moves people. It doesn't matter if it is a house, or a museum, or whatever. So, it is somebody sitting on that lawn, just going around and around and feeling really happy. That is something that I'm striving for.
art creativity thinking
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
roles function our-time
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
moving thinking past
I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
believe people littles
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
attachment design architecture
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
people intellectual use
People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
people giving pondering
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
thinking space people
When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.