Tadao Ando Quotes
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
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Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.
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But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be.
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Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.
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At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
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If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
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The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
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In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.
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You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.