Tadao Ando is a self-taught Japanese architect born in 1941 who is known for his use of light, concrete materials, and geometric forms that blur boundaries between interior and exterior spaces. His Nariwa Museum of Art from 1992-1994 is located in a mountain landscape in Okayama, Japan. The museum features a labyrinth-like ramp entry that leads visitors over an artificial pond and through large window openings connecting indoor and outdoor spaces to emphasize the natural surroundings.

1. TADAO ANDO
安藤 忠雄

2. I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
-ANDO
Is a Japanese architect
born on September 13, 1941,
Has led a storied life
working as a truch driver and
boxer prior to settling on the
profession of architecture,
Despite never having taken
formal training in the field.
(A self-taught
architect)
Tadao ando
INTRODUCTION TO

3. When conceptualizing his structures
Ando took inspiration from Zen
philosophies as an underlying
constant, with the interplay of nature
and artificial structures often resulting
in complex interweaving three-
dimensional designs that come
together to form large geometric
shapes which transverse both interior
and exterior spaces – intended to
represent the dual nature of
existence.
Water temple
Meditation space
CONCEPT

4.  creative use of natural light
 compliment the contours of the
surrounding landscape
 extensive use of a building material
traditionally viewed as crude – exposed, cast
in place concrete
Geometric purity
Single idea
Uses of monotone color
SIGNATURE ELEMENTS

5. Church of light
Chichu art museum
Sunday schoolKoshino house
TADAO ANDO : ARCHITECT OF LIGHT

6. Akira Sakomoto
Pulitzer foundation for the
arts
"In all my works, light is an important
controlling factor,"
Tom Ford Ranch
- ANDO

7. Chichu art museum
Water temple
I do not believe Architecture has to speak too much. It
should remain silent and let nature in the guise of
sunlight and wind.
- Tadao ando
WHAT TRULY INSPIRE US ABOUT
ANDOHis respect for nature was integral to his work ethic and rather than
hindering him it pushed his work to new heights of greatness.

8. Water tample
Church on water
Noshino hotel
We borrow from nature the space
upon which we build
- Ando

9. His design concepts and
materials have a crucial role in
the aesthetics of his work.
Honesty of materials
Working with smooth-as-silk
concrete
with the thin, fragile
transparency of glass
the ruggedness of steel
complete his palette from
which he paints
He does not veneer, rather
he uses the brutal beauty of
concrete formwork to texture
his buildings, inside and out.
Azuma House
Modern art museum
EXTENSIVE USE OF CRUDE
MATERIALS

10. Garden of Fine Arts
Church of Ligh
Chikatsu-
Asuka
Water temple
Suntody
museum
GEOMETRIC
PURITY

11. Church of light
Suntory museum
Water temple
Work with bold
form like
rectangular,
square, cirle
INTERLOCKING & OVERLAPING

12. A series of interlocking
geometric shapes in a
muted teal shade give
a flattened perspective to
another image, which appears
to reference the panes of glass
and tall walls of Tadao Ando's
4x4 House in Kobe.
ARCHISHAPE

13. •.Tadao Ando’s constancy of form gives his work merit and
timeless appeal.
•clean line, and sheer simplicity.
•Ando orchestrates masses and voids
•The structure is firm, tranquil, and even a bit mysterious.
•There are no irrelevant ornaments.
•Avoids direct entry to the interior
•Creates a kind of hierarchical approach by using paths,
pillars, walls and colonnades
TADAO ANDO’S ESSENCE OF
STYLE

14. NARIWA MUSEUM
OF ART
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION: 1992-
1994
A museum dedicated
to
impressionist painter
Torajima Kojima.

15. CONCEPT
BEHIND
NARIWA
MUSEUMThis work again using reinforced
concrete to neutralize the
importance of the building and
to give elevate the natural
landscape.
The approach is a bit of a
labyrinth, that encourages
visitors to notice the
attractiveness of the mountain
landscape.
an artificial pond being the
link that provides continuity
and fluidity to this design.

16. JOINERY
Bold interlocking
Pure geometry

17. ENTRY
Barrier like façade at
entry
no openings
No direct
entry to
interior
Access to the
museum is via
an entrance
ramp that leads
visitors on a
path upward and
away from the
street and over
an artificial pond
created in the
mountainside.

18. OPENINGS
Wall window
Through the large openings,
the interior of the space can
commune with the landscape

19. SEMI OUTDOOR
SPACES
“Light: the creator of
relationships that
constitute the
world… continually
re- invents the world”
-ANDO

20. SPATIAL
RELATIONSHIP
RELATION BETWEEN INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR SPACE
adjacent spaces

21. WATER-COURT
a water-court is an
above-defined
courtyard filled with
water instead of dry
ground.
In Nariwa museum
courtyard is partially
enclosed by a natural
slope, by the
surrounding landscape
close-by and by
artificial pond along
side surfaces of
concrete walls.

22. SCALE AND
PROPORTIONScale: Monumental
Proportion: Structural and
Manufactured

23. MATERIALS
Using reinforced
concrete,
the edifice feels made
from
an authentic material.
Ando
has shown that the use
of
concrete allows multiple
formal and structural
variants.

24. SITE ANALYSIS (NARIWA
MUSEUM)
Located from google map
museum
site

25. Nariwa
museum of art
okayama ,
japan

26. ありがとう
Arigatō