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I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible

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Tadao Ando
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 13
Architect
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Tadao Andō
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If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
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I want to create a space that moves people. It doesn't matter if it is a house, or a museum, or whatever. So, it is somebody sitting on that lawn, just going around and around and feeling really happy. That is something that I'm striving for.
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As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.
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When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.
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I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
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You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.
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But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.
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Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.
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