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Joanna Lo
Takasumi Inoue
Site Plan
Tone drawings
Windowless facades.
To allow natural light penetrates is only through the
courtyard.
No interaction with the surroundings.
Ando says, I do not believe architecture should speak too much. It should
remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind speak.
Simplicity
Materiality
Andos staple materials: concrete
Reinforced concrete defines spaces in unique new ways that
allow constantly changing patterns of light and wind.
Tactility
The light and shadows conditions on the faade
interpreted the concrete wall seems to be soft.
From a functional viewpoint, the courtyard forces the inhabitant to endure the occasional
hardships.
At the same time, the open courtyard is capable of becoming the houses vital organ, introducing
the everyday life and assimilating precious stimuli such as changes in nature.
Ando considers Azuma House to be the point of origin for his subsequent work.
His approach to connect the art of building to the art of living became his goal.
In the case of Azuma House, the life to be lived was that of busy urban dweller whose
opportunities to experience nature were few, but each of his subsequent designs have met the
same challenge.