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o f l i f e s t r o n g l y i n f l u e n c e d h i s a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d d e s i g n T h es i mp l i c i t yo fh i sa r c h i t e c t u r ee mp h a s i z e st h e c o n c e p to fs e n s a t i o na n dp h y s i c a le x p e r i e n c e s ,ma i n l y i n f l u e n c e db yt h eJ a p a n e s ec u l t u r e . I no r d e rt op r a c t i c e t h ei d e ao fs i mp l i c i t y ,An d o ' sa r c h i t e c t u r ei s mo s t l y c o n s t r u c t e d wi t h c o n c r e t e ,p r o v i d i n g a s e n s e o f c l e a n l i n e s s a n d we i g h t l e s s n e s s a tt h e s a me t i me . Du et ot h es i mp l i c i t yo ft h ee x t e r i o r ,c o n s t r u c t i o n , a n do r g a n i z a t i o no ft h es p a c ea r er e l a t i v e l yp o t e n t i a li n o r d e rt or e p r e s e n tt h ea e s t h e t i co fs e n s a t i o n . B e s i d e s s p e a k i n g o ft h e s p i r i to fa r c h i t e c t u r e , An d o a l s o e mp h a s i s e s t h e a s s o c i a t i o n b e t we e n n a t u r e a n d a r c h i t e c t u r e .Hei n t e n d sf o rp e o p l et oe a s i l ye x p e r i e n c e t h es p i r i ta n db e a u t yo fn a t u r et h r o u g ha r c h i t e c t u r e . Heb e l i e v e sa r c h i t e c t u r ei sr e s p o n s i b l ef o rp e r f o r mi n gt h e a t t i t u d eo ft h es i t ea n d ma k e si tv i s i b l e T h i sn o to n l y r e p r e s e n t sh i st h e o r yo ft h er o l eo fa r c h i t e c t u r ei n s o c i e t yb u ta l s os h o wswh yh es p e n d ss o mu c ht i me s t u d y i n g a r c h i t e c t u r e f r o m p h y s i c a l e x p e r i e n c e . I n1 9 9 5 ,An d o wo nt h eP r i t z k e rP r i z ef o ra r c h i t e c t u r e , c o n s i d e r e d t h e h i g h e s t d i s t i n c t i o n i n t h e f i e l d .
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