OBS-ARCH-001
Church of the Light — Tadao Ando
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Concrete drawn as boundary.
OBS-ARCH-001
Systems of Clarity
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OBS-ARCH-001
Origin:
Osaka
Era:
1989
Themes / Lineage:
boundary; concrete; light; void
Field Notes:
boundary; light; void; concrete
Quiet Modernism appears here as material restraint articulated through line.

Concrete drawn as boundary.

Church of the Light — Tadao Ando

Concrete defines a precise limit.

Line replaces mass.

Boundary sharpens.

How is the limit formed?
Concrete typically signals mass and enclosure, but that role is reduced. It behaves as a precise mark rather than a body. What persists is boundary established through line.

Concrete typically signals mass and enclosure, but that role is reduced.

It behaves as a precise mark rather than a body.

What persists is boundary established through line.

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