Tadao Andō
Tadao Andō ( Japanese 安藤 忠雄 , Andō Tadao ; born September 13, 1941 in Minato-ku , Osaka ) is a Japanese architect . He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pritzker Prize , the most prestigious architecture prize . Andō gives lectures around the world that attract thousands of viewers.
Life
Andō grew up with his grandmother in post-war Japan. He started working as a carpenter as a child . His conscious exploration of architecture began when he came across a book about Le Corbusier at the age of 15 .
In his youth he became a professional boxer. He never studied architecture. As an autodidact , Andō opened his own studio in Osaka in 1969, which he called Tadao Andō Architect & Associates . He is currently the most famous architect in Japan. Andō has taught at various universities in the USA, namely Yale (1987), Columbia (1988), Harvard (1990), at the IAA in Sofia and since 1997 at the University of Tokyo . He has been retired since 2003.
In recent years, Ando has also become increasingly involved in environmental policy. In his Westin Awaji Island Hotel project , an extensive forest was created that surrounds the architecture. In 2007 he started the Umi-no-Mori (“sea forest”) project in Tokyo , which aims to turn an artificial island that used to be a garbage dump into a wooded local recreation area. Ando would like to carry the message from Japan into the world that it is important that humanity lives in harmony with the environment (see below, "Projects").
architecture
Ando's architecture is characterized by a consistent minimalism . His preferred material is the finest exposed concrete , the formwork panels of which are dimensioned according to the size of tatami mats, which together with the Rödel holes create an unmistakable surface pattern . For the basic shape of the building , he falls back on simple geometric shapes, often working with repetitions.
The interior design is based on ascetic principles: the center of the room is understood as a place of collection, the brightness is determined by light slits in the walls. The aim of the design of the rooms is to "find oneself" and to promote mental relaxation. Visitors to Andō's buildings do not enter directly, but can only get inside through a narrow and bendy path. This, too, should serve the inner concentration of those entering. Once there, a few large “picture windows” open up a view of the outside world and thus create a connection to the environment and nature, which plays a major role in Ando's work.
Tadao Ando's architecture combines influences from Japanese tradition with those of modernity . As a result, he has developed a completely new type of building aesthetic, in which concrete , wood , light, space and nature interact in an architecturally unique way. In Japan as well as in France , Italy , Spain , Germany and the United States, he has built multiple award-winning private houses, churches, museums, residential complexes and cultural institutions.
Buildings
- Azuma House , Osaka, 1976.
- Residential building on the Rokkō in Kobe (Rokko I), 1981–1983.
- Koshino House, Ashiya, 1979–1984.
- Festival, shopping mall in Naha , Okinawa , Japan, 1984.
- Kidosaki House, Tokyo, 1985.
- Residential building Rokkō II in Kobe, 1986–1994.
- Childrens Museum Himeji in Hyōgo , 1988-89.
- Church of Light , Ibaraki , 1989–1990.
- Conference and meeting building Vitra , Weil am Rhein , 1989–1993.
- Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum , 1989–92, 1997.
- Water temple, Awaji Island , Hyōgo, 1991.
- Expo 92 , Japan Pavilion, Seville , 1992.
- Residential building Rokkō III in Kobe, 1994–1999.
- Fabrica (Benetton Research Center), Treviso , Italy. 2000.
- Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis , Missouri , 2001.
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth , Texas , 2002.
- Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, 2002.
- Kunsthaus of the Langen Foundation , Hombroich rocket station , Germany , 2004.
- Chichu Art Museum , Naoshima , Seto Inland Sea , Japan, 2004.
- Omotesando Hills Shopping Center, Aoyama, Tokyo, 2005.
- Museum renovation of the Palazzo Grassi , Venice , Italy, 2005–2006.
- Stone Hill Center , Extension, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute , Williamstown , Massachusetts , 2008.
- Museum renovation Punta della Dogana , Venice, Italy, 2008–2009.
- Stone sculpture museum of the Kubach-Wilmsen Foundation in Bad Münster am Stein , 2010.
- Mikawa-Tahara Station , Tahara , Aichi , 2013.
- Bourse de Commerce museum renovation , Paris , France, 2016–2019.
- Apartment Building 152, Elizabeth Street, Nolita District, Lower Manhattan , New York City , USA, 2017.
- Weisenburger Bau's headquarters in Karlsruhe , groundbreaking in 2017, is currently in the construction phase.
Projects
- In 2004 Andō was commissioned to build a museum for the Fondation François Pinault pour l'Art Contemporain on the Seine island Île Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris (planning volume approx. 220 million euros). After disputes with environmentalists and urban planners, Pinault withdrew, however, and Ando's design remained.
- On July 17, 2007, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Umi-no-Mori (“Forest on the Sea”) project in Tokyo took place . The aim is to convert an artificial island that previously served as a garbage dump into a wooded local recreation area. For this purpose, 480,000 trees are to be planted on 88 hectares. The project is financed by a worldwide donation campaign that is scheduled to run for 30 years. A first section of 47 hectares should be opened to the public in 2016; the opening is now planned for the 2020 Summer Olympics . On the island, the competitions are in the country riding as part of the eventing take place. The entire project is to be completed by 2036.
Awards
Andō has received numerous awards and many important architecture prizes .
- 1979 Annual Prize of the Japan Institute of Architects (for a concrete row house in Sumiyoshi , Osaka , which replaced an older traditional wooden row house ( nagaya ).)
- 1985 Fifth Alvar Aalto Medal
- 1986 Mainichi Art Prize
- 1989 Gold Medal, French Academy of Architecture
- 1990 Osaka Art Prize
- 1992 Carlsberg Architectural Prize of the Carlsberg Foundation
- 1995 Chevalier de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
- 1996 Praemium Imperiale
- 1997 Royal Gold Medal , Royal Institute of British Architects ; Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 1997 honorary membership in the Association of German Architects BDA
- 2001 honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2002 Kyoto Prize
- 2003 Appointment to Bunka Kōrōsha, person with special cultural merit
- 2010 Imperial Order of Culture
Quotes
"Creating architecture means expressing representative aspects of the real world - such as nature, history, tradition and society - in a spatial structure, that is, in an abstract concept based on a clear, transparent logic."
"To truly understand architecture, you must experience space with all your five senses."
literature
by Andō
- Akimoto, Yuji and Ando, Tadao: The Chichu Art Museum. Tadao Ando builds for Walter de Maria , Claude Monet and James Turrell . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2004.
- Frampton, Kenneth and Ando, Tadao: Tadao Ando - Light and Water . Birkhäuser, Basel, Berlin a. a. 2003.
- Pare, Richard ; Ando, Tadao; Heneghan, Tom: The colors of light. Tadao Ando architecture. Phaidon, Berlin 2000.
- Andō, Tadao: Tadao Ando, architecture and spirit. Gili, Barcelona 1998.
about Andō
- Ohashi, Tomio: Andō Architects. Kazukiyo Matsuba, Tokyo u. a. 1998.
- Barth, Steffen: Tadao Ando. Museum of World Cultures in the Rhine. Vice-Versa-Verlag, Berlin 1999.
- Tadao Ando - Building Calm. Self-thaught Japanese architect Tadeo Ando has spent a lifetime honing his own rigorous simplicity. In: Graphis , Vol. 56 (2000), 327ff.
- Dal Co, Francesco: Tadao Ando complete works. Phaidon, London 2000.
- Retour aux origines: Tadao Ando à Awaji. In: Connaissance des arts , (2001), 582ff.
- Asensio, Paco and Cuito, Aurora: Tadao Ando . teNeues, Düsseldorf, New York, NY and a. 2003.
- Create something special with the ordinary. Tadao Ando, the master of concrete, also built churches from this material. In: Art and Church (2003), 3ff.
- Furuyama, Masao: Tadao Ando * 1941. The geometry of human space. Taschen Verlag , Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8228-4892-1 .
- Blaser, Werner: Tadao Ando. The Nearness of the Distant . Niggli , Sulgen, Zurich 2nd edition 2006, ISBN 3-7212-0555-3 .
- Blaser, Werner: Tadao Ando. Build in the ground / Sunken Courts . Niggli, Zurich, Sulgen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7212-0609-8 .
- Jodidio, Philip: Ando. Complete Works (Jumbo). Taschen Verlag , Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-8228-0930-3 .
Movie
- Tadao Ando. From emptiness to infinity. Documentary, Germany, 2012, 26 min. Or 53 min., Written and directed: Matthias Frick, production: credo: film, NDR , arte , SRF , series: Sternstunde Kunst, first broadcast: February 10, 2013 on SF1 (53 min. ), Table of contents by BauNetz .
Web links
- Literature by and about Tadao Andō in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tadao Andō. In: arch INFORM .
- Tadao Andō. In: Great Buildings (English)
- Tadao Andō, 1995 Laureate. Pritzker Architecture Prize (English)
- Tadao Ando Interview, September 30, 2001. designboom.com (English)
- Architecture - Langen Foundation, Hombroich
- Photo series
- Tadao Andō photo pool on flickr
- Buildings of Tadao Andō by Sanghyun Lee (English, Korean)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 11,000 viewers on June 9, 2007 in Taipei : "Tadao Ando Is a Total Rock Star" , liaoyusheng.com , June 9, 2007
- ↑ 3,000 viewers on September 23, 2007 in Dublin : "It's rock and awe as Bono praises architect" , Irish Independent , September 23, 2007
- ^ Art museum falls foul of red tape. The Guardian , April 19, 2005 (accessed July 29, 2015).
- ↑ see: Poetically approximated. Tadao Ando builds a museum in Paris. BauNetz , October 31, 2001 (accessed July 28, 2015).
- ^ Transforming a man-made island of waste and surplus soil into an 'Umi-no-Mori (Green Island)'. Tokyo Metropolitan Government, July 2007 (English) ( Memento of 6 December 2008 at the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ A view over Tokyo Bay from Umi no Mori. Sumikai Magazine, February 27, 2017.
- ^ Island of trash in Tokyo Bay transforming into forested Olympic venue ( Memento from November 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Asahi Shimbun , July 25, 2014 (accessed July 28, 2015).
- ↑ Honorary Members: Tadao Andō. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 4, 2019 .
- ↑ after Masao Furuyama: Tadao Ando * 1941. The geometry of human space. Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8228-4892-1 , blurb.
- ↑ after Günter Figal: Ando - space, architecture, modernity. modo Verlag, Freiburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86833-220-9 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Andō, Tadao |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andô, Tadao; 安藤 忠雄 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minato-ku , Osaka , Japan |