Tadao Ando Quotes
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Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.
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No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which to live. From a functional viewpoint, the courtyard of the Rowhouse in Sumiyoshi forces the inhabitant to endure the occasional hardships. At the same time, however, the open courtyard is capable of becoming the house's vital organ, introducing the everyday life and assimilating precious stimuli such as changes in nature.
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I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.
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All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
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In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.
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I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind
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Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
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You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.
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In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.
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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
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I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible
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As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.
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It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.
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In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is always a point where they Clash. I don't think Architecture can be created without that Collision.
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
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I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.
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We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.
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At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
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You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
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I want to create a space that moves people. It doesn't matter if it is a house, or a museum, or whatever. So, it is somebody sitting on that lawn, just going around and around and feeling really happy. That is something that I'm striving for.
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My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.
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I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves.
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But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.
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When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
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