Overview

The minimalist concrete architecture of Tadao Ando has roots both in Japanese traditions and in Western architecture. This book begins with both contexts: it explores how Ando unites Japanese tradition with a contemporary Western architectural idiom. By analyzing systematically and chronologically the roots and sources that have influenced the thinking of the Pritzker Prize–winning architect, the author communicates the principles and constants to which Ando's buildings can be traced back, and at the same time he places them in the appropriate context within the architect's characteristic ideas and intentions. Yann Nussaume teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'architecture in Paris and is the author of numerous publications on Japanese and Chinese architecture. Die minimalistische Betonarchitektur von Tadao Ando hat ihre Wurzeln sowohl in japanischen Traditionen als auch in der modernen westlichen Architektur. Genau bei diesen Zusammenhängen setzt das Buch an: Es untersucht, auf welche Weise Ando in seinem Werk japanische Tradition und zeitgenössische westliche Architektursprache vereint. Indem der Autor systematisch und chronologisch die Wurzeln und Quellen analysiert, die für das architektonische Denken des Pritzker-Preisträgers prägend sind, vermittelt er die zentralen Grundsätze und Konstanten, auf die sich Andos Bauten zurückführen lassen, und er stellt sie zugleich in den ihnen angemessenen Kontext der besonderen Denkweise und Intentionen des Architekten.

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Author:   Yann Nussaume
Publisher:   Birkhauser
Imprint:   Birkhauser
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   1.083kg
ISBN:  

9783034600057

ISBN 10:   3034600054
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   04 September 2009
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Japanese architecture in the 1970s and the great debate of tradition v. modernity and its development during the 20th century.- 2 Birthplace: the town of Osaka and the region of Kansai.- 3 Self-education as a means of developing a practice: the influence of Le Corbusier and the Gutai group.- 4 Journeys and experiences, architectural and personal.- 5 Rediscovering an abstract nature.- 6 The 1970s: microcosms, retreating on yourself to capture nature.- 7 The 1980s: geometrical compositions.- 8 The 1990s: the building revealing the spirit of a place.- 9 Transcending the frontiers of culture, the 2000s and concrete as a trademark.- 10 A universal theory?- 11The influence on a new generation.- Bibliografical references.- Index.

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Yann Nussaume lehrt an der Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture in Paris Yann Nussaume lehrt an der Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture in Paris und verfasste bereits zahlreiche Publikationen über japanische und chinesische Architektur.

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