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Water Temple — Tadao Ando
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Concrete held as weightless shell.
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Systems of Clarity
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Origin:
Hyogo
Era:
1991
Themes / Lineage:
concrete; light; void
Field Notes:
concrete; shell; descent
Quiet Modernism appears here as material weight visually withdrawn.

Concrete held as weightless shell.

Water Temple — Tadao Ando

A solid surface lifts from gravity.

Thickness thins.

Mass appears suspended.

What’s being held?
Concrete is expected to assert heaviness, yet thickness thins and mass lifts. Enclosure remains without burden. What continues is shell sustained without weight.

Concrete is expected to assert heaviness, yet thickness thins and mass lifts.

Enclosure remains without burden.

What continues is shell sustained without weight.

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Tadao Ando
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