Considerable care is taken to see that the walls are as perfect as technique will allow.
Tadao ando concrete wall section.
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The one element carried through tadao ando s structures is his idolization of the reinforced concrete wall.
While architects once considered concrete a building s underwear an essential but hidden layer tadao ando s 1 structures display their concrete with pride.
Tadao ando presented a cement box in the middle of a row of dilapidated wooden houses.
Surrounded by walls of concrete glass and slate reflects the natural light and creates complex shadows.
As the recipient of the 1995 pritzker prize tadao ando born 13 september 1941 is highly regarded for his unparalleled work with concrete sensitive treatment of natural light and strong.
Light enters from behind the altar from a cross cut in the concrete wall that extends vertically from floor to ceiling and horizontally from wall to wall aligning perfectly with the joints in the concrete.
Divided into three equally sized sections.
Church of the light was built in 1989 in the city of ibaraki osaka japan and is possibly one of tadao s most famous designs.
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In addition to the vast windows long slender skylights recessed into the ceiling on either side of each space flood the interiors with natural light but attention to the creation of shadow ensures that.
The cool grey concrete for walls ceilings and floors constructs an intense homogeneity in ando s architecture.
There s a story.
The house in chicago is doubled up with a layer of insulation between 2 concrete walls.
Thanks to this consequent language he has achieved independence from the bright.
It is a concrete box which occupies the entire plot.
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The importance given to walls is a distinct departure from modernist architecture.
Walls are stark but as usual are rescued from oppression by the quality of the concrete work and by ando s masterful manipulation of light.
Ando also specs thick walls so the concrete can be vibrated real nice and not get hung up on the re bar and such i think it could be just aesthetic.
The stuff in japan is not insulated and the buildings sweat quite a lot and are very cold in the winter.