Tadao Ando and his philosophy based projects.

1. Tadao Ando
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The Architect Of Light
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2. Content:
01
INTRODUCTION
03
CHURCH OF THE LIGHT
02
PHILOSOPHY
05 THE CHICHU ART MUESEUM
04
AMUZA HOUSING

3. 01
Introduction

4. Born in Osaka Japan in
1941. he is a self taught
architect. he is inpired by th
works of le corbusier and
also considers Mies van der
Rohe.. Alvar etc
TADAO ANDO

5. 02
Philosophy

6. 'in al of my works, light is an
important controlling factor.”
“i create enclosed spaces mainly by
means of thick concrete wall.”e
“when the external factor 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 he 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
Philosophy

7. • 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 forms itself,
ridicules the idea of masking it.

8. L O C A T I O N : I b a r a k i , O s a k i , J a p a n
C O N T E T X :
• T i g h t l y - p a c k e d r e s i d e n t i a l n e i g h b o u r h o o d .
• v e r y s m a l l s p a c e
• l o c a t i o n i n f l u e n c e s f o r m
• l-shaped wall seperates church from busy surrounding
• no good veiws, so the window is minimal- only the disstinctive
narrow cross window and a window opening into the l-shaped
Church Of The Light, 1999

9. • entrace is from the back
• must turn 180 degree to face
the front of the building
Church Of The Light, 1999
• the building can described as
bare concrete box with a wall
cutting through it at a 15
d e g r e e a n g l e
• propotion: 1:3-rectangle can
hold 3 spheres, each 5.9 metre
i n d i a m e t e r
F U N C T I O N ;
• Building is an addition to
a n e a r l i e r w o o d e n
s t r u c t u r e

10. Church Of The Light, 1999

11. Amuza Housing
Location; Osaka,Japan
Area: 65 sq mtr
Year of construction: 1975-1976
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• his approach was to connect the art of the
building with the arrt of living
• he relates the form and compositional
methods to the kind of life that will be lived in
the given space and regional society
• it is a narrow rectangular concrete block with
living spacess surrounding the courtyard
• it depicts traditional japanese life style
connected with light, air and rain and other
natural elements

12. Amuza Housing
PLAN AND SECTION
• Ground floor-living room,
kitchen seperated by a
central courtyard and
staircase
• upper floor-two bedrooms
joined by central uncovered
walkway which is the only
source of light

13. Amuza Housing

14. LOCATION: Southeren portion of the island
of Naoshima, Japan
Year of construction: 2004
The Chichu Art museum
• Limiting the architecture to an
underground structure
• no external design rising out of the
ground

15. CONCEPT:
The Chichu Art museum
• The site is a place where national forest abounds
and was a former salt field. Hence to a preserve the
existing atmosphere and beauty of the site the
museum is wisely buried underground
• it is possible to create almost any form
underground as there are no axes or direction as
exist above ground on earth
• the outer expression of an underground building is
invisible and therefore, the obvious issues of form
were not an issue
• the museum was intended, holisically, to be visited
with light as a guide

16. • chichu means underground
• part of the front lobby and acessway are dar, but the ain
exibition space brings in natural light
• a series of small concrete openings and geometric
skylights floats among the greenery
• there are five galleries alogether, of various sizes and
characters featuring the work of three artist-Claude
Manet, Walter de Mari and James Turrel
• the triangular space connects the galleries of three artist
The Chichu Art museum
MATERIAL
• Concrete
• Steel
• Glass
• Wood

17. The Chichu Art museum

18. Thanks
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