“Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.”
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“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.”
DesignAll Quotes by Tadao Ando
“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”
Architecture“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”
Architecture“There is a role and function for beauty in our time.”
Beauty“Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.”
Architecture“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“My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.”
Art“At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.”
Courage“I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.”
Architecture“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.”
Freedom“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“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“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.”
Finance“The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.”
Architecture“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“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“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“People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.”
Beauty“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“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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