this is a presentation on Tadao Ando, one of the most prominent architect in the post-modernist movement in Architecture. Compiled by students of Architecture at International University of East Africa in Uganda.

1. TADAO ANDO
‘’Architecture Can Do Something To Make People’s Lives Better, To Inspire”
IGOBO NGANDU
AMONY JACKLINE
NABUULE MARTHA
FARYAL IQBAL
SHANYUNGU BUSHOKI

2. Biography
 Born in 1941 in Osaka,
Japan
 Did not go to University
after High-school
 Self-educated as he
grew up in
craftsmanship like
environment
 Attended drawing
classes in High-school
The Polygrand theatre in Shanghai

3. AS A POST MODERNISM…
• Asymmetry
• Complexity and contrast
• Glass and concrete
• Context
• Fragmentation
Asia Museum of Modern Art.
Taichung City, Taiwan

4. CONCEPT AND STYLE
Order,
 People,
Emotive force
Benesse House, japan

6.  Closes itself from
the City
 Inhabitants enter a
Private and
Beautyful set of
microcisms

7.  Reflection of culture
of a Region
Museum of Modern Art

8. Tadao Ando Museum
 Application of
meaningful
ornamentation

9.  Contrast of materials
Tadao Ando Museum (interior)Punta Della Dogana, Tadao Ando Venice, Italy

10. Spotlight: Tadao Ando
• unparalleled work with
concrete, sensitive
treatment of natural light,
and strong engagement with
nature.
• Based, Ando's ascetic yet
rich version of
modernism resonates with
the traditional Japanese
conception of architecture,
and has caused him to be
regularly referred to as a
"critical regionalist."
Church of the Light (in Osaka, Japan)

11. • This drum-shaped building,
with an adjacent rectangular
structure, is the Suntory
Museum in Osaka, Japan.
• Japanese liquor brand Suntory,
the museum is actually a
cultural complex.
Museum in Osaka, Japan.

12. References
http://www.tadao-ando.com/bio_E.html
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/13-examples-of-modern-architecture-by-tadao-ando/all