Recommended
More Related Content
What's hot
What's hot (20)
Similar to Tadao ando - Modern Art Museum Fort Worth
Similar to Tadao ando - Modern Art Museum Fort Worth (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Tadao ando - Modern Art Museum Fort Worth
- 1. Born- 13 September 1941 (age 78) Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan A R C H I T E C T - T A D A O A N D O “We do not need to differentiate one from the other. Dwelling in a house is not only a functional issue, but also a spiritual one. The house is the locus of heart, and the heart is the locus of god. Dwelling in a house is a search for the heart as the locus of god, just as one goes to church to search for god. An important role of the church is to enhance this sense of the spiritual. In a spiritual place, people find peace in their heart, as in their homeland.” SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, MYSORE SUBMITTED BY :- NITHIN .R. KRISHNAN
- 2. N G BIOGRAPHY Ando was born a few minutes before his twin brother in 1941 in Osaka, Japan. At the age of two, his family chose to separate them, and have Tadao live with his grandmother. He worked as a boxer before settling on the profession of architect, despite never having formal training in the field. Struck by the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Imperial Hotel on a trip to Tokyo as a second-year high school student, he eventually decided to end his boxing career less than two years after graduating from high school to pursue architecture. He attended night classes to learn drawing and took correspondence courses on interior design. He visited buildings designed by renowned architects like Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Kahn before returning to Osaka in 1968 to establish his own design studio, Tadao Ando Architects and Associates. EARLY LIFE STYLE 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. A self-taught architect, 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". "Reform society" could be a promotion of a place or a change of the identity of that place. Werner Blaser has said, "Good buildings by Tadao Ando create memorable identity and therefore publicity, which in turn attracts the public and promotes market penetration". The simplicity of his architecture emphasizes the concept of sensation and physical experiences, mainly influenced by Japanese culture. The religious term Zen, focuses on the concept of simplicity and concentrates on inner feeling rather than outward appearance. Zen influences vividly show in Ando's work and became its distinguishing mark. In order to practice the idea of simplicity, Ando's architecture is mostly constructed with concrete, providing a sense of cleanliness and weightlessness (even though concrete is a heavy material) at the same time. Due to the simplicity of the exterior, construction, and organization of the space are relatively potential in order to represent the aesthetic of sensation. Besides speaking of the spirit of architecture, Ando also emphasises the association between nature and architecture. He intends for people to easily experience the spirit and beauty of nature through architecture. He believes architecture is responsible for performing the attitude of the site and makes it visible. This not only represents his theory of the role of architecture in society but also shows why he spends so much time studying architecture from physical experience.
- 3. BUILDINGS AND WORKS Tadao Ando's body of work is known for the creative use of natural light and for structures that follow natural forms of the landscape, rather than disturbing the landscape by making it conform to the constructed space of a building. Ando's buildings are often characterized by complex three-dimensional circulation paths. These paths weave in between interior and exterior spaces formed both inside large-scale geometric shapes and in the spaces between them.TOMISHIMA HOUSE OSAKA, JAPAN (1973) BIGI ATELIER TOKYO, JAPAN (1983) GALLERY NODA KOBE, JAPAN (1993) PICCADILLY GARDENS MANCHESTER, UK (2003) AURORA MUSEUM SHANGHAI, CHINA (2013) WRIGHTWOOD 659 CHICAGO, USA (2018)
- 4. MORDERN ART MUSEUM FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA T A D A O A N D O A R C H I T E C T & A S S O C I A T E S 4 4 3 5 4 . 4 m 2 2 0 0 2 "Space will only have a life when people enter it. So the important role architecture can play, and that space plays within that architecture, is to encourage an interaction between people, between people and the ideas being presented in the paintings and sculpture, and most importantly between people themselves.“ –Tadao Ando
- 5. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth exemplifies the work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando through it's simple geometry, incorporation of the natural environment, and very minimal material selections. Five long, flat-roofed pavilions appear to float atop the 1.5-acre reflecting pond, which is reminiscent of other Ando projects. Constructed with only concrete, steel, aluminum, glass and granite, the museum is perfectly reflected in the surrounding pond. Beautiful trees and hills enclose the museum, which is typical of Ando's architecture. Through its pure design, the museum has a striking presence as a modern work of art. The environment becomes as beautiful as the artwork that the museum displays, as it is heavily intertwined with the display spaces through large windows. The glass and water are very complimentary, as the still pond reflects the spaces just as glass reflects the water.
- 6. "By using glass as a wall, physically there is a barrier, a protection from the outside, but visually there is no boundary between outside and inside. There is also the light that comes off the water through the glass that indicates a lack of boundary and can make its presence felt on the wall.“ –Tadao Ando The use of concrete indicates Ando's passion in planes and sharp, clean edges that the material allows. The massive planar walls help tell of the building's basic structure. Contrasted with the natural environment that typically surrounds his architecture, the two elements become even more dynamic. The art museum of Fort Worth shows the finest degree of emphasis on the boundary; using the materials to create architecture that seems to float on the pond that surrounds it. Light also became key in the design of the museum, with an emphasis on both diffused and reflected natural light. Cantilevered cast-concrete roofs support linear skylights and clerestory windows, which accommodate natural light. Five Y-shaped columns standing 40 feet high support the roof slabs, and have become a symbol of the museum.
- 7. D R A W I N G SSITE PLAN REFLECTIVE POND ENTRANCE STAIRCASES GALLERY CORRIDOR
- 8. FLOOR PLANS GROUND FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN AA’ B B’ C C’
- 9. SECTIONS ELEVATIONS SECTION AT AA’ SECTION AT BB’ SECTION AT CC’ NORTH ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION
- 10. Forty-foot-high transparent walls of glass framed in metal surround the concrete envelope, providing magnificent public circulation areas from which to view the surrounding building, the large reflecting pond, outdoor sculpture, and the landscaped grounds. The building is located in Fort Worth’s celebrated Cultural District, directly opposite the Kimbell Art Museum, designed by Louis I. Kahn, and near the Amon Carter Museum, designed by Philip Johnson. The Modern Art Museum maintains one of the foremost collections of post-war art in the central United States, consisting of more than 2,400 significant works of modern and contemporary international art. Massive planar walls of architectural concrete boldly express the Modern’s basic structure while protecting the collection within.