Tadao Ando church of light

As a “self-made Architect”; never studying at a university. Tadoa Ando’s approach to Architecture is intuitive. Using the “new” materials of today to create works that spring forth from his subconscious. Combining traditional Japanese architecture and western modernist concepts(le Corbusier, Luis kahn).

His rejection of modern day architecture’s lack of individuality and homogenous nature is visible in his works, making Ando’s designs unique and the exception to the rule. He Responds to the unvarying uniformity and ever growing chaos of the urban environment with sensitivity and simplicity. Ando through his understanding of these concepts has has generated an architecture that in his use geometric forms and special articulation shares the serenity and clarity characterized in traditional Japanese architecture while his manipulation of concrete and glass reflect more modern and western philosophies. These concept...