GARDEN OF YODO
The great architect, Tadao Ando said, “I don’t believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind.”
Starting with the principles of simplicity, minimalism and the ‘Haiku’ effect, Ando’s design philosophy is one that unites design, nature and people through the use of light and shadows and concrete.
Our design focuses on integrating these aspects to create an experiential urban folly. The entire design is a series of views encapsulating the various elements of nature. The experience is in the way you receive these elements. First the river, then the sky and the shadows. The architecture is just the frame, and this is how we bring unity between nature and man as minimally as possible, using concrete, Ando style.
A long ramp against a tall wall that forms a curtain between the river and the city
Framing the river | View as you enter at the top of the folly
Framing the shadows and the sunlight
Framing the sky
Exploded axonometric view of all the walls and structure
The garden adjacent to the river. The folly was meant to unite with the elements of nature, with the simple use of unadorned concrete and personify the ideals and principles once used by the great master
