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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
Tadao Ando
Biography
Author Profession:
Architect
Nationality:
Japanese
Born:
September 13
, 1941
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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
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Architecture
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Very
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
New
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Use
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Then
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
Tadao Ando
Give
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Ponder
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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
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Beautiful
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Image
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
Design
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Think
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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
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Level
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Original
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
Tadao Ando
Move
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Like
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Use
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
Tadao Ando
People
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Think
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Cities
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
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Lives
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Communicate
When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.
Tadao Ando
Work
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Hands
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Work Together
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
Tadao Ando
Beauty
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Role
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Our Time
The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
Tadao Ando
Change
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Will
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Makes
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
Tadao Ando
Architecture
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Directed
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.
Tadao Ando
Religious
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Concrete
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Been
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