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Urban refuge inside walls
Ando’s walls make urban refuge by forcing renewed awareness of weather, distance, and light.
Tadao Ando
Portrait of Tadao Ando
Christopher Schriner · CC BY-SA 2.0 · SourceTadao Ando turns concrete, geometry, light, water, and movement into a disciplined bodily experience.
Life span1941 – PresentNationality / Region日本StyleMinimalism, Japanese Modern ArchitectureEducation自学，通过旅行和书籍学习
MinimalismJapanese Modern Architecture
Portrait of Tadao Ando
Christopher Schriner · CC BY-SA 2.0 · SourceIdeas
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Concrete and light
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Embodied routes
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Walls and urban quiet
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Water and nature as spiritual media
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Geometric rituals of light
Ando makes light a spatial event through concrete geometry and delayed movement.
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Museums in landscape
Ando’s museums make landscape a slow sequence of light, wall, route, and art.
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Row House in Sumiyoshi
大阪, 日本 · 1976
A narrow urban house cut open by an exposed court.
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