The level of detail and craft is something thats inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have. – Tadao Ando
People tend not to use this word beauty because its not intellectual – but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. – Tadao Ando
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. – Tadao Ando
Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two. – Tadao Ando