HAMED AL-ENAZI
ASSIGNMENT
AR 321
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安藤 忠雄
1-TADAO ANDO
Tadao Ando (2004) Born September 13, 1941 (age 70) Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan Nationality Japanese Awards Alvar Aalto Medal, 1985 Pritzker Prize, 1995 RIBA Royal Gold Medal, 1997 AIA Gold Medal, 2002 Work Practice Tadao Ando Architects & Associates Buildings Row House, Sumiyoshi, 1979 Church of the Light, Osaka, 1989 Water Temple, Awaji, 1991 Projects Rokko Housing I, II, III, Kobe, 1983-1999
Ando rejects the rampant consumerism visible within much of today's architecture. He responds both sensitively and critically to the chaotic Japanese urban environment, but maintains a connection to the landscape. Although Ando rejects cultural fads, he uses materials and forms to incorporate the materialism of modern society into his architecture. Accordingly, his concrete and glass buildings reflect, the modern progress underway in both Japan and the world. In opposition to traditional Japanese architecture, Ando creates spaces of enclosure rather than openness. He uses walls to establish a human zone and to counter the monotony of commercial architecture. On the exterior, the wall deflects the surrounding urban chaos, while on the interior it encloses a private space. Ando developed a radically new architecture characterized by the use of unfinished reinforced concrete structures. Using a geometric simplicity which reveals a subtlety and richness in spatial articulation, Ando has generated an architecture that shares the serenity and clarity that characterize traditional Japanese architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Louis Kahn
2-Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum
Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum OSAKA 1990-1994
3-Church of the Light Church of the Light Interior. Benches are made of planks that were used for scaffolding General information Town or city Ibaraki, Osaka Country Japan Structural system reinforced concrete Design and construction Architect Tadao Ando
5-Meditation Space for unesco Architect:Tadao Ando Year(s) of construction:19941995Location:ParĂs, France