The Centre Pompidou is devoting a major retrospective exhibition to the Japanese architect #tadaoando, a key figure in contemporary architecture. The exhibition explores his creative principles, such as use of smooth concrete, the pre-eminence of simple geometric volumes and the integration of natural components such as light and water into his spatial designs, as well as the importance he gives to the intensity of the physical experience engendered by his architecture.
Fascinated by architecture, #tadaoando (b. 1941 in Osaka, Japan) abandoned professional boxing and set out on an initiatory tour of the world to learn about his passion. In 1969, he created his own agency in Osaka, where he produced sober, clean-lined designs that went against the 1970s trend for technological architecture.
Tadao Ando bases his designs on an exploration of the various aspects typical of his work, particularly architecture’s very reason for existing: «Given that it is used by #people, it has close links with the body... Architecture should provide a place for mankind’s sense of joy. Otherwise our bodies are not attracted to it.»
He also explores the question of «how to make architecture» – «By dint of thinking about it, I ended up with the relationship between dimension, height, surface and three-dimensional volumes» – and how to integrate light into his designs: «What I felt when observing Romanesque churches... was that hope resided in light alone. I created the Church of Light, wondering whether the symbol of the community wasn’t light. Architecture also involves creating places for the community. I produce my architecture by asking myself how I can create things that remain forever imprinted on people’s souls.» #tadaoando has received numerous prizes and international awards, including the prestigious US Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 1995. Over 300 projects have been listed all over the world throughout his fifty-year career.
This retrospective looks back at the different periods in his career as an architect and sheds light on his decisive achievements: the Azuma House in Sumiyoshi (1976), Naoshima (1988 to the present day),
the Church of Light (1989) and La Bourse de Commerce in #paris (autumn 2019) are some of the major projects presented in a staging designed by #tadaoando, produced in collaboration with his agency.
The exhibition will present around 50 major projects with 180 drawings, 70 original models and numerous slide shows, all divided into four main themes: the basic form of space; the urban challenge; the origins of landscape; the dialogue with history.
The central section of the exhibition will feature a major installation: «Naoshima», a work representative of the architect’s dialogue with the natural landscapes of Naoshima Island. His rich and varied achieve- ments are rounded off by graphite drawings, travel notebooks and photographs taken by #tadaoando himself, which have never been shown to a European public before.
To go with the exhibition, a 256-page catalogue illustrates the architect’s work through 70 of his finest projects. This monograph contains three portfolios presenting the architect’s black and white photographs, pencil drawings and travel notebooks: a source of inspiration for his first designs, which are on show in the exhibition and reproduced for the first time.
This collective book is edited by the exhibition’s curator, Frédéric Migayrou.
Co-published by Flammarion-Editions du Centre Pompidou-Bourse de Commerce/Collection Pinault - #paris.
TADAO ANDO, THE CHALLENGE
10 OCTOBER - 31 DECEMBER 2018
GALERIE 3, LEVEL 1
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9 Maison Azuma Ö Sumiyoshi 1976 Row House Sumiyoshi Azuma House 1976 ∏ Photo Shinkenchiku-sha
43 Maquette de la Bourse de Commerce 2016 Model of Bourse de Commerce 2016 Photo Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
42 Fondation Kubach-Wilmsen musÇe de sculpture sur pierre 2010 Stone Sculpture Museum 2010 Photo Shigeo Ogawa
41 Maquette de Punta della Dogana 2009 Model of Punta della Dogana 2009 Photo Shigeo Ogawa
38 Musee d art de Chichu 2004 Chichu Art Museum Naoshima 2004 Photo Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
37 Musee d art de Chichu 2004 Chichu Art Museum Naoshima 2004 Photo Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
36 Benesse House Oval 1995 Benesse House Museum Naoshima 1995 Photo Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
32 Musée d’art moderne de Fort Worth 2002 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 2002 Photo Mitsuo Matsuoka
31 Musee historique de Sayamaik 2001 Sayamaike Historical Museum 2001 Photo Mitsuo Matsuoka
28 MusÇe historique de Chikatsu-Asuka 1994 Chikatsu Asuka Historical Museum 1994 photo Shinkenchiku-sha
27 Centre de jeunesse de la prÇfecture de Hyogo 1989 Children's Museum Hyogo 1989 Photo Tomio Ohashi
23 Centre Roberto Garza Sada UniversitÇ de Monterrey 2012 Roberto Garza Sada Center 2012 Photo Shigeo Ogawa
22 Pulitzer Arts Foundation 2001Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts 2001 Photo Shinkenchiku-sha
21 Dessin de Projet Nakanoshima II OEeuf Urbain 1989 Drawing of Nakanoshima Project II Urban Egg Photo Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
20 Dessin de l Eglise de la lumiere 1989 Drawing of Church of the Light 1989 Photo Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
17 Maquette du projet Shibuya 1985 Model of Shibuya Project 1985 Photo Tomio Ohashi
16 Maquette de la Maison 4 x 4 2003 Model of 4 x 4 House 2003 Photo Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
15 Maquette de la RÇsidence Rokko I et II 1983 1993 Centre Pompidou Mnam Cci Photo Georges Meguerditchian Dist RMN GP
10 Maquette de la Maison Azuma a Sumiyoshi 1976 Model of Row House Sumiyoshi Centre Pompidou Mnam Cci Photo Georges Meguerditchian Dist RMN GP
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