ARCHITECTURE - Tadao Ando - Fukutake Hall

The Words of Tadao Ando:
Even in the context of the university as a whole, this is a major construction project. Besides including a 200-seat theater, the design is also intended to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the universitys founding. The site of the building is also significant in that it forms part of the boundary between the campus and the public street outside. This has determined the overall shape of the structure which is 100 meters long while only being 15 meters wide.

With this design, I sought to perpetuate the buffer-zone quality of the location and create a new public space making use of the linear shape of the site.

The design of the façade is modeled on the Sanjusangendo Temple in Kyoto, which also has a distinctively long, narrow form. The height of the above-ground portion is restricted so as not to interfere with the scenery provided by the magnificent old camphor trees that line the campus boundary. A concrete wall runs the entire length of the building on the side facing inwards towards the rest of the campus. Rather than isolating Fukutake Hall from the rest of the campus, this Thinking Wall is intended to open up a vacant transitional zone between the existing campus and the new building, where students can congregate and engage in lively scholarly interaction.

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