“This is my house,” says Osaka’s most famous architect; Tadao Ando.
“I wanted a fun place to live, a place where every day is thrilling, a quiet place to think,” Says Tadao Ando. This “Atelier” was originally designed by Tadao Ando as a home to accommodate a young family that was expecting a baby but when the construction was almost done the family knew that they were actually having twins. Ando started expanding the house as he expected that the already designed one would be too small for the family. By the time, the studio was expanded in three phases. In 1991, it was officially the “Atelier” in which Ando’s expansion team stayed.
“My intention is to create a specific space that does not exist autonomously on its site, using common materials that we can find anywhere in the world, like concrete, which consists of sand, stone, and cement. I believe that the emotional power of architecture comes from how we introduce natural elements into the architectural space. therefore, rather than making elaborate forms, I choose simple geometries to draw delicate yet dramatic plays of light and shadow in space.” Says Ando.
This building in Osaka might not be considered his “home” but it is definitely his house as he has always mentioned.
The Osaka house is a four-floor house. “The basement, the first-floor living room, the second-floor study — they are all different. I wanted to make a place that changes from the morning to midday and evening. If you want to read a book in the day, you go to the second floor; if you want to relax and drink coffee, you go to the first.”
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