Tadao Ando 2021 Shanghai Exhibition The most worth-seeing exhibition in Shanghai in 2021

If you want to say what is the most sensational thing in Shanghai right now, it should be the Shanghai Works Exhibition of Tadao Ando! The world-famous architect uses his national treasure-level works to take you to experience the beauty of Hokkaido churches, perfectly restored , you don’t have to worry about going to Japan anymore, you can see it in Shanghai. Tadao Ando

In the world of architecture, there is a legendary figure. When he was young, he worked as a carpenter and a truck driver. He entered the boxing world at the age of 17 and turned from a third-rate boxer into a "genius architect". He had never received any architectural education, but he turned concrete into gold, created a unique and new architectural style, and became the winner of the Pritzker Prize as early as 1995. He is known as the "poet of fair-faced concrete", and his architectural works are more recognizable than his own person.

Tadao Ando is one of the most influential architects in the world. He worked in carpentry and other industries when he was young. He had never been exposed to architectural education. He entered the boxing world at the age of 17. After that, he made a perfect counterattack and became a world-famous genius architect. He also had his own unique architectural style. In 1995, he became the winner of the Pritzker Prize.

“Challenge” and “Freedom”

“Challenge” and “Freedom” are Ando’s eternal pursuits in life. Master Ando, ??who is nearly 80 years old, has produced nearly 200 works in his nearly 50 years of architectural design career. He still works hard every year and produces new works in the architectural field. This year, he ushered in another challenge of his in China - the "Tadao Ando: Challenge" exhibition.

Last weekend, it just started on the Huangpu River in Shanghai. It has visited the National Museum of Fine Arts in Tokyo, the Pompidou Center in Paris, and the Armani Museum in Milan. This touring exhibition is the fourth stop in the world, and it is also the first in China. First major exhibition. The "Church of Water" in Hokkaido is restored 1:1; the "Church of Light" is reproduced in the center, and Sumiyoshi's longhouse is at the entrance; Tadao Ando's classic works and design manuscripts over the past 50 years are on display; there are also a large number of exclusive videos, travel notes and photos ; The giant apple from the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art was also moved to present the master’s classic architectural works and the ups and downs of his life in a diverse and panoramic manner. The exhibition's magnificence and level of care are worthy of being at the level of an art gallery, as if you were on an architectural pilgrimage around the world.

Tadao Ando Shanghai Exhibition

If you want to know about Tadao Ando, ??then this exhibition is an excellent opportunity. This is China’s most comprehensive review of Tadao Ando’s architectural design career to date, with an unprecedented scale. The exhibition covers the upper and lower floors of Fosun Art Center and includes five sections: "Prototype of Space", "Challenges of the City", "Creation of Landscape", "Dialogue with History" and "Cathedral of Water". It is recommended to hold an exhibition brochure and visit the exhibition in the order of 2nd floor - 3rd floor - 1st floor. The biggest attraction of this exhibition is the restoration of the "Water Church" for the first time. Stepping inside, it feels like you are really in the winter in the Yubari Mountains of Hokkaido. Walking to the end, standing next to the water, the sanctity of the church and the coldness of the fair-faced concrete maintain absolute restraint, allowing you to stay here immersed all day long.

In addition to replicating representative buildings, the greatest significance of this exhibition is probably the display of models and drawings that represent "various challenges." What Ando hopes everyone will discover is that he also has many experiences of failure, but even so, he still lives seriously and faces challenges with full expectation. For Tadao Ando, ??this exhibition is not only a review of his life, but also hopes that this exhibition can awaken the audience's inner thoughts of "from now on, without setting limits on oneself, surpassing oneself, and constantly challenging".

Address: Shanghai Fosun Art Center, No. 600, Zhongshan East 2nd Road, Huangpu District

Exhibition period: 2021.03.19-06.06 (closed on Monday)

Note: Starting from March 30, there will be a "Transcendence" exhibition at the Shunde He Art Museum. The role of each classic in the dialogue between light and shadow.

Religious Architecture

The most representative work of Tadao Ando His good works are definitely not his commercial works, but buildings with strong religious implications. Ando, ??who is not a religious person, can always rely on his unconstrained creativity to turn the religious buildings he handles into enduring masterpieces. The most classic "Church Trilogy" has become a must-go pilgrimage for Ando fans.

The church trilogy: the pinnacle of the church is the Church of Light. Crosses are cut into the walls and the sunlight is used to paint, creating a building that communicates with God. The level of shock can only be truly appreciated by visiting the site in person. The Water Church in Hokkaido, with its divine nature and different scenery throughout the year, is the most desirable wedding palace for Japanese girls. The Church of the Wind, located on the top of Osaka Bay, dialogues with the wind. The church is in the shape of a "concave" and uses a main hall, a bell tower, a "corridor of the wind" and walls that limit the site to spread the religious atmosphere in the natural environment.

In addition, Ando also has works of Buddhist architecture. When he designed a temple for the first time, he had the imagination to build the temple under a lotus pond. That temple is the Honfukuji Temple "Mizumi-do" belonging to the Omuro Sect of the Shingon sect. It is an important temple built by the Shingon sect in Japan in the late Heian period.

Big Buddha

In 2016, he amazed the world with his work "Big Buddha". It is located in the Makomanai Takino Cemetery in Sapporo, Japan, and is 13.5 meters high. However, the owner of the cemetery approached Tadao Ando and hoped to build it into an open park on the occasion of the cemetery's 30th anniversary.

Adhering to the concept of "living with nature", Tadao Ando spent three years building hills around the Buddha and hiding most of the entire Buddha statue. There are also 150,000 lavender plants planted outside the cemetery, with different landscapes adapting to the changes of the four seasons. When the flower season comes, the entire Buddha is covered with purple lavender and the entire hills are blooming. In winter, the Buddha is surrounded by white snow. The changing scenery allows visitors to feel more closely the changes of the seasons and the infinite cycle of life.

Desert Island Renovation Plan

In terms of public buildings, Tadao Ando’s most famous design is the design and renovation of the world-renowned Naoshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. He transformed an uninhabited island The small island has become a tourist destination where 2 million people go on pilgrimage every year.

The "Chichu Art Museum", "AndoMuseum" and "Benesse House", a hotel and art complex located on Naoshima, all have architectural designs from Tadao Ando. You can start a pilgrimage without going abroad

In the eyes of many people, there are thresholds for art itself and appreciation of art. When you stand in front of a building designed by Tadao Ando, ??such shackles will definitely will be broken. Perhaps because of his non-scientific background, he went from boxer to architect, from design novice to world-renowned, and then continued to struggle with illness for several years.

Tadao Ando used challenges again and again to create those "deviant" works, which were always able to break the boundaries between art and people and have the power to directly touch the heart. If you want to truly understand this master, the most intuitive way is to visit the work site in person. Now that you are temporarily unable to go abroad, I would like to briefly introduce Tadao Ando's domestic works to everyone.

Hangzhou·Big Rooftop

Liangzhu Culture and Art Center is affectionately called the "Big Rooftop" by local villagers. It is the only work of the architect Tadao Ando in Hangzhou. It uses his best plain concrete wall to surround a square box, which is mysterious and high-end. The most special thing is the cultural building surrounded by shallow water. The 4993 wooden bookshelves extend from the ground to the ceiling. They were built by Liangzhu villagers. Each grid is filled with books donated by them, like a warm maze.

Every spring is the best time to come here! There is a long cherry blossom avenue outside the center. When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, various markets or concerts will be held under the cherry blossom trees, making it a true paradise. .

Shunde He Art Museum

The Shunde He Art Museum, which took five years to build, just opened last year, making the city of Shunde famous outside the food circle for the first time. Designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, ??it has the world's only fair-faced concrete double-helix atrium and is currently Tadao Ando's largest single art museum building in China. The changes of light and shadow, the blend of traditional Lingnan culture and modern technology, the collision of life and art, this "poet of fair-faced concrete" once again used his unique architectural techniques.

On March 30, Tadao Ando’s first solo exhibition focusing on art, “Transcendence: The Artistic Life of Tadao Ando,” will be held here.

The exhibition unfolds in three major chapters - "Beyond Art", "Beyond Light" and "Beyond Ando", discovering Tadao Ando's artistic thinking and creation from a new perspective.

The Chichu Art Museum, a representative work of geo-art by Tadao Ando, ??will soon be revived, with the exhibition concept of “discovery beyond what is seen”.

Address: Shunde He Art Museum

Exhibition period: 2021.03.30-08.01

Shanghai Poly Theater

Three cylinders Staggering, the reflection of the glass curtain wall, the extremely large scale and large area of ??clear water molding, etc., all test the construction technology of the building skin.

In urban planning that emphasizes rationality and functionality, Tadao Ando broke the tradition with the Shanghai Poly Grand Theater, opening a big hole in the rigorous urban layout, using small building techniques and wonderful The architectural concept has developed a large-scale architectural composition full of physical wisdom. This is also the first theater in the country to have a waterscape theater.

Shanghai "Space of Light" Xinhua Bookstore & Pearl Art Museum

Aurora Museum, the first work completed by Tadao Ando in China

Taichung·Asia Modern Art Museum

The Asian Modern Art Museum is Tadao Ando’s first architectural design work in Taiwan and the first Tadao Ando Art Museum on campus in the world.

The equilateral triangle is used as the basic design element to convey the balance between environment, architecture and people. The equilateral triangle plane is divided into three floors, and then stacked into countless irregular triangles.

The most special thing is that the pillars in the museum are all "crooked". The space and curtain windows made of V-shaped steel frames are all triangular. This is in response to the geography of the earthquake zone. conditions, subverting the general upright columns.

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