Mr. Tadao Ando who has sent out new and beautiful architecture to the world one after another, defeating established concepts. An exhibition “Tadao Ando Exhibition – Challenges –” that traces the history of the half century “challenge” and its trajectory of such a nostalgic architect Ando, at the National Art Center Tokyo, December 18, 2017 (Monday) It is being held until We introduce the summary and the highlight this time.
The history of "challenge" is now revived
Bold ideas and innovative modeling skills. Tadao Ando has built many works all over the world, using concrete, iron, glass and even wood freely and taking in light, water and wind with free ideas.
De facto debut work "Sumiyoshi Nagaya" (1976, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, photography / new architecture company photography department). The origin of Ando architecture.
Having started building design activities in the late 1960's, Mr. Ando named "city guerilla" and created a space where people gather by giving "margin space" in cities. The process of the challenge became a foundation that continued to large-scale projects such as “Omotesando Hills” and “Tokyu Toyoko Line Shibuya Station” since 2000. In addition, the original work "Sumiyoshi Nagaya" (1976), which made Mr. Ando's fame instantly known, is symbolized by the keywords of light and shadow, exposed concrete, simple geometric shapes, and symbiosis with nature As an architecture in which the philosophy of Ando architecture has all been condensed, it still has a brilliance that never changes.
The origin of Ando architecture in Naoshima "Naoshima Benesse House" (1992/1995, Naoshima Town, Kagawa Prefecture, photographed / Mitsuo Matsuoka). Naoshima has seven architectural works by Mr. Ando.
Starting with these initial works by Mr. Ando, this exhibition will expand the field of activity to the world eventually, and ambitious works that have won high acclaim in countries such as Asia, Europe, and the United States, and in 30 years. We will introduce the activities of art projects on Naoshima in Kagawa Prefecture with a total of more than 270 exhibits, including models, sketches and drawings.
Ando also works on the space design. It is a big attention as an exhibition where you can experience the culmination of a half-century career of Ando who is known as a former professional boxer and study architecture by himself, and his unique career.
Information on the highlights of the exhibition
A series of projects at Naoshima (Naoshima Town, Kagawa Prefecture) will be reproduced and displayed as a spatial installation that mixes models and images.
At the exhibition site, over 270 pieces of architectural materials such as sketches and drawings by Mr. Ando will be displayed, and "The Church of the Light," an architecture that symbolizes "light and shadow," and also an Ando architecture, Reproduced in full size in the outdoor exhibition area. It is the biggest highlight with the present Atou office atelier reproduction. Also noteworthy is the space installation where you can see cultural projects that recreate Naoshima in the Seto Inland Sea as an "art island". It will be a valuable opportunity to experience all of Ando architecture.
"Ando Tadao Exhibition-Challenge-"
The beauty of Japan that Tadao Ando considers
At Waki, we have introduced Mr. Ando's feelings for "Japanese beauty" several times since its first issue. In the October / November 2017 issue, with the first large-scale exhibition, talk with leading experts in various fields what is the beauty of Japan that Tadao Ando who is famous in the world thinks about In the past, we have introduced some remarks and remarks concerning “Japanese beauty” that Mr. Ando has spoken in the past.
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