Transcript Tadao Ando Church of the Light

Tadao Ando
Church of the Light
• Church of the Light
Thesis Statement:
The development of reinforced concrete
enabled contemporary structures to have a
variety of forms, ranging from simple to more
complex. Consequently, in order for the
structures to look simple, the complexity of
the structural engineering is heightened.
Background of Ando
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Born in Osaka, Japan 1941
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Self-trained architect
Europe, Africa, US
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Early Influences
Corbusier, Alto, FLW, Kahn
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His innovative concrete construction
was influenced by early Japanese
carpentry traditions
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1995 won Pritzker Prize for Church
of the Light
Traveled
Church of the Light
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Social:
His use of materials accommodated
the town of Osaka’s economical
restraints
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Scientific:
With the advent of “Ando Concrete”
which was much more dense,
enabled less material to be used
and it efficiently carried the same
loads
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Symbolic:
His minimalist approach to
architecture creates a kind of purity
and elegance in which light and
darkness guides the viewer, and is
able to evoke emotions
Candela’s Church of San Jose
Obrero
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Social:
Through his discovery of the hyperbolic
paraoboloid he efficiently reused the shell
forms in which they required a small
amount of material
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Scientific:
A HP’s symmetry makes it possible for a
more simplified behavior within the
structure, and in turn, allows the loads to
act more efficiently
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Symbolic:
These shells were formed using straight
lines, in turn making the construction of
the wooden forms easy, “the result
consists of elegantly curved forms that
can be quite sensuous”
Ando versus Candela
Ando
-Surface quality
Candela
-complexity of form
-structure one can
create w/material
at simplest form
- mathematics to
create form vs..
experimentation
-Allowing light to
reveal the true
structure and
experience
- Taking thinness
to new limits
encompassed his
concept for
structures
“I hoped this project would raise an issue against the current
tendency. I tried to see to what extent an affluent space could be
created with the minimum budget in an era flooded with goods and
materials.”