Based around an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando's Christian architecture, and sheds new light on the cultural significance of the buildings of one of the world's leading contemporary architects.
Specifically, this book situates Ando's churches, particularly his world-renowned Church of the Light (1989), within the legacy of nothingness expounded by Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945), the father of the Kyoto Philosophical School.
Linking Ando's Christian architecture with a philosophy originating in Mahayana...
Based around an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando's Christian architecture...
Based around an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando s Christian architecture, and sheds new light on the cultural significance of the buildings of one of the world s leading contemporary architects.
Specifically, this book situates Ando s churches, particularly his world-renowned Church of the Light (1989), within the legacy of nothingness expounded by Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945), the father of the Kyoto Philosophical School.
Linking Ando s Christian architecture with a philosophy originating in Mahayana Buddhism...
Based around an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando s Christian architecture...
At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage with these core issues.
Drawing on Tetsuro Watsuji s (1889-1960) philosophy, the book illuminates climate not as a collection of objective natural phenomena, but as a concrete form of bond in which "who we are" the subjective human experience is indivisibly intertwined with the natural phenomena. The book further elucidates the inter-personal nature of climatic experiences, criticizing a view that sees atmospheric effects of climate under...
At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage...
At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage with these core issues.
Drawing on Tetsuro Watsuji's (1889-1960) philosophy, the book illuminates climate not as a collection of objective natural phenomena, but as a concrete form of bond in which "who we are"--the subjective human experience--is indivisibly intertwined with the natural phenomena. The book further elucidates the inter-personal nature of climatic experiences, criticizing a view that sees atmospheric effects of climate...
At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage...
