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Tadao Ando [1941-0] Japanese

Rank: 101
Architect

Tadao Ando is a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism".

Architecture, Design, Space, Future, Beauty, Courage, Art, Experience, Knowledge, Nature, Relationship, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.	Beauty, Time	101
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.	Architecture, Nature, Relationship	102
But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be.		103
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.	Art	104
When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.	Design, Experience, Space	105
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.	Architecture	106
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.	Beauty	107
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.	Future	108
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.	Future, Space	109
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.		110
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.		111
When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.		112
Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.		113
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.	Architecture, Future	114
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.	Architecture	115
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.	Architecture, Design	116
The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.	Architecture	117
You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see.	Knowledge	118
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.	Architecture	119
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.	Architecture, Space	120
I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.	Architecture, Space	121
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.	Architecture	122
If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.		123
Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.	Architecture	124
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.		125
The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.	Design	126
You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.		201
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.	Architecture, Design	202
In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.		203
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.		204
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.	Courage	205
I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.		206
People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.		207
The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.		208
I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.		209
In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.		210
At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.	Courage	211
All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.	Architecture	212

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