tadao ando
tadao ando was born in osaka, japan, in 1941.
he was the first born of twin boys.
from ages 10 to 17 ando spent his time mostly making wood models
of ships, airplanes, and moulds, learning the craft from a carpenter
whose shop was across the street from his home.
1962-1969, by his early twenties, ando had decided on a self-directed
course of architectural study that took him throughout japan to visit
temples, shrines, and tea houses, to europe, africa and to the united
states. he was studying architecture by going to see actual buildings,
and reading books about works of architects such as le corbusier,
ludwig mies van der rohe, alvar aalto, frank lloyd wright, and louis kahn
before returning to osaka at the age of 28 to open his own studio,
tadao ando architect & associates.
tadao ando has been a visiting professor at tokyo university, yale,
harvard, and columbia.
some architectural projects:
1976 row house (azuma house) sumiyoshi, osaka
1983 rokko housing I, kobe, hyogo
1988 church of the light, osaka
1989 childrens’ museum, himeji, hyogo
1991 water temple, awaji island, hyogo
1992 japan pavilion expo ‘92, seville;
naoshima contemporary art museum, kagawa
1991-1993 vitra conference pavilion, weil am rhein;
factory building for the company benetton in treviso, italy
1995 meditation space, unesco, paris
1998 toto seminar house,
awaji, hyogo; hiroki oda museum, gamo-gun, shiga
1999 rokko housing III, kobe, hyogo
2000 ‘fabrica’ (benetton research center), treviso, italy;
awaji island project, awaji, hyogo
2001 theater for giorgio armani, milan, italy
2002: the modern art museum of fort worth, texas
next to construction: museumfondation pinault, paris
among the many prizes he received:
1979 the annual prize from the architectural institute of japan
1985 5th alvar aalto medal, finnish association of architects
1989 gold medal, french academy of architecture
1992 carlsberg architectural prize, denmark
1995 chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres, france;
pritzker architecture prize
1997 royal gold medal, royal institute of british architects;
officier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres, france
#1 written by eegoo January 4th, 2010 at 03:13
安籐忠雄於1941年在日本大阪出生，其作品屢獲國際殊榮，包括曾於1995年榮膺建築界最高榮譽的普裡茨克建築獎 (Pritzker Architecture Prize)，以及於2002年榮獲美國建築師協會頒發金章。 跟云云當代建築師不同，安籐從未接受過任何正統的建築學訓練；然而，卻憑其博覽群書以及周遊列國(包括美國、歐洲及非洲)的遊歷經驗而自學成功，並於1969年創辦 Tadao Ando Architect & Associates。
安籐並不認同現今普遍充斥著建築業界的消費性主義。他對條理紊亂的日本都市環境既有感性及深刻的批判，但其風格及作品仍與都市風貌保持緊密聯繫。 安籐雖然從不隨波逐流或盲目跟從一時的設計風尚，但其選用的物料以及建築形態卻能將現今社會物質主義的洪流融入其建築設計之中。 因此，安籐的作品往往採用混凝土物料配合玻璃建材，這正與日本以至全球建築的發展趨勢不謀而合。
與傳統日本建築理念相反，安籐的設計往往凝造出一種帶有局限性的空間感，並非單純追求開揚的感覺。 他巧妙地利用牆壁來建造一個個以人為本的空間，與單調的商業性建築形成強烈對比。
安籐亦開創了一套獨特、嶄新的建築風格，以半製成的厚重混凝土，以及簡約的幾何圖案構成既巧妙又豐富的設計效果。 安籐的建築風格靜謐而明朗，為傳統的日本建築設計帶來劃時代的啟迪。
#2 written by eegoo January 4th, 2010 at 03:30
He was a truck driver and boxer, he taught himself architecture as he didn’t like school and preferred to study his way, visiting and analyzing the works. Tadao Ando has consolidated his name by performing an architecture that’s pure, allowing the user to experience space and nature in his works.
#3 written by eegoo January 4th, 2010 at 03:31
Tadao Ando was born in Osaka, Japan, on September 13, 1941 and was raised by his grandmother. At 10 to 17 years of age, he worked with a local carpenter where he learned to work with wood, building model airplanes and ships.
School-wise, Tadao chose his own method of learning, outside the classroom through visits to buildings in the region and always with a lot of reading about architecture. He studied architecture at his own pace and also visited other customs, cultures and buildings in Europe and North America.
“I was never a good student. I always preferred learning things on my own outside of class. When I was about 18, I started to visit temples, shrines and tea houses in Kyoto and nara; There’s a lot of great traditional architecture in the area. I was studying architecture by going to see actual building, and reading books about them.”
#4 written by eegoo January 4th, 2010 at 03:46
“As an architect you have to do your best work for any project, but for me the most satisfying thing is when architecture can do something to make people’s lives better, to inspire them.”
#5 written by eegoo January 4th, 2010 at 04:05
“… in my life I have done many things, at one time I was a boxer… I was never a good student. I always preferred learning things on my own.”