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Tadao ando concrete wall section.
There s a story.
Considerable care is taken to see that the walls are as perfect as technique will allow.
They are usually made of in situ poured in place concrete.
The one element carried through tadao ando s structures is his idolization of the reinforced concrete wall.
Ando also specs thick walls so the concrete can be vibrated real nice and not get hung up on the re bar and such i think it could be just aesthetic.
Light enters from behind the altar from a cross cut in the concrete wall that extends vertically from floor to ceiling and horizontally from wall to wall aligning perfectly with the joints in the concrete.
A 312 metre long concrete wall provides the framework for this house and art centre designed by japanese architect tadao ando for a picturesque site on the mexican seafront photos by edmund.
In addition to the vast windows long slender skylights recessed into the ceiling on either side of each space flood the interiors with natural light but attention to the creation of shadow ensures that.
Surrounded by walls of concrete glass and slate reflects the natural light and creates complex shadows.
Two spaces and a patio.
Walls are stark but as usual are rescued from oppression by the quality of the concrete work and by ando s masterful manipulation of light.
The house in chicago is doubled up with a layer of insulation between 2 concrete walls.
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Tadao ando presented a cement box in the middle of a row of dilapidated wooden houses.
The importance given to walls is a distinct departure from modernist architecture.
The stuff in japan is not insulated and the buildings sweat quite a lot and are very cold in the winter.
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Thanks to this consequent language he has achieved independence from the bright.
It is a concrete box which occupies the entire plot.
The cool grey concrete for walls ceilings and floors constructs an intense homogeneity in ando s architecture.
Divided into three equally sized sections.