AR. TADAO ANDOARCHITECT OF LIGHT

-BY JAY D. GAJORA

EARLY LIFE BORN IN 1941 IN OSAKA, JAPAN

WORK AS TRUCK DRIVER AND BOXER BEFORE SETTELING UP IN PROFESSION OF ARCHITECT

INSPIRED FROM FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED IMPERIAL HOTEL ON A TRIP TO TOKIYO AS SECONG YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, HE EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO END UP WITH HIS BOXING CAREER.

EARLY LIFE

HE ATTENDED NIGHT CLASSES TO LEARN DRAWING AND TOOK CORRESPONDING COURSES ON INTERIOR DESIGN.

HE VISITED THE BUILDINGS DESIGN BY ARCHITECT LE - CORBUSIER, FLW, LOUIS KAHN IN 1968 TO ESTABLISH HIS OWN DESIGN ARCHITECT, TADAO ANDO ARCHITECTS AND ASSOCIATES.

THAT’S WHY HE IS CALLED AS “SELF TAUGHT ARCHITECT”

CAREER• Ando was raised in Japan where the religion and style

of life strongly influenced his architecture and design.• Ando's architectural style is said to create a "haiku"

effect emphasizing nothingness and empty space to represent the beauty of simplicity.

• He favors designing complex spatial circulation while maintaining the appearance of simplicity.

• He keeps his Japanese culture and language in mind while he travels around Europe for research.

• As an architect, he believes that architecture can change society, that “to change the dwelling is to change the city and to reform society”

CHURCH OF LIGHTAREA OF CHURCH IS 113 SQ.M. THE CHURCH CONSIST OF THREE 5.9M CONCRETE CUBE(5.9M WIDE * 17.7M LONG * 5.9M HIGH) PENETRATED BY A WALL ANGLED AT 15°, DIVIDING THE CUBE INTO THE CHAPEL AND ENTRANCE AREA.

LAGEN FOUNDATIONTHE BUILDING HAS DOUBLE-SKIN VOLUME AND TWO HALF-BURIED TEMPORARY EXIBITION WINGS. THE STRUCTURE MAILY CONSIST OF REINFORCES CONCRETE, GLASS AND STEEL

ROKKO HOUSINGIS COMPLEX WARREN OF TERRACES AND BALCONIES, ATRIUM AND SHAFTS. THE INTERPLAY OF SOLID AND VOID, THE ALTERNATE OF OPEN CLOSED, THE CONTRASTS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS.

HYOGO PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART

CHURCH OF WATER

THE INTERIOR OF THE OMOTESANDO HILLS SHOPPING COMPLEX IN TOKYO

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