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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

Biography

Author Profession: Architect

Nationality: Japanese

Born: September 13, 1941

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Gehry, Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Minoru Yamasaki

Topics

Creative, Creative Process, Extension, Hand, Process, Thinking

Quotes to Explore

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. Tadao Ando

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. Tadao Ando

Architecture, Directed

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. Tadao Ando

Think, Design, I Think

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. Tadao Ando

Within, Original, Level

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. Tadao Ando

Nature, Architecture, Very

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. Tadao Ando

Change, Will, Makes

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. Tadao Ando

Give, Ponder, Achieved

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you. Tadao Ando

Beauty, Beautiful, Image

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. Tadao Ando

Think, Communicate, Lives

There is a role and function for beauty in our time. - Tadao Ando

There is a role and function for beauty in our time. Tadao Ando

Beauty, Our Time, Role

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. Tadao Ando

Need, Based, Regular Basis

All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space. Tadao Ando

Nature, Would, Public

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. Tadao Ando

Like, Japan, Made

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. Tadao Ando

Kind, Before, Some

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