Tadao Ando's famous sayings

1. A hillside requires a comprehensive and inclusive site treatment, triggering the creation of three-dimensional "emptiness".

2. Light gives beauty drama, and wind and rain add color to life through their effects on the human body. Architecture is a medium that allows people to feel the presence of nature.

3. Among the walls in buildings, some are only intrusive and some are resistant. In other words, they can be both violent and rejecting. In the series of urban houses I have designed so far, the wall has certainly appeared to be intrusive, possessing an element of violence in its silence. These walls seek to question the very nature of contemporary society.

4. A wall is the meeting point between urban logic and site logic. It is the smallest and most basic calibrator in the urban structure.

5. In my works, light is always an important element that dramatizes space.

6. In the courtyard, nature shows a different aspect every day. The courtyard is the heart of life in a house, introducing natural phenomena such as light, wind and rain that are being forgotten in cities.

7. There are many views on architecture. However, in a broad sense, architects are an important component of the city and architects should bear responsibility for the city.

8. In the West, there is a space that is intertwined with architectural space. This kind of sky appears at the encounter between closed space and open space.

9. A person’s true happiness is not to stay in the light. Stare at the light from a distance and run towards it. Only in that time of selflessness can you find the true fulfillment of life. ——Tadao Ando

10. My architecture is characterized by a small number of materials and a direct expression of texture. As for the composition of the space, my space is not a direct reflection of the function.

11. Japan developed from the integration of artificial environment and nature. It was born from the recognition of terrain and the awareness of nature. The rapid urbanization process prevents buildings from getting help from nature, and buildings themselves cannot create a pleasant environment.

12. In a site, architecture tries to control nothingness, and nothingness also controls architecture. If a building wants to gain autonomy and identity, not only the building, but also the void itself should have its own logic

13. The framed sky produces light and shadow, prompting people to think about the meaning of nature. Help people understand the organizational factors of space. Site design is the three-dimensional design of the earth.