Tadao Ando is one of the most renowned contemporary Japanese architects.Characteristics of his work include large expanses of unadorned walls combined with wooden or slate floors and large windows. Active natural elements, like sun, rain, and wind are a distinctive inclusion to his contemporary style.
The project was designed specifically to compliment the simple and elegant quality of Tadao Ando’s works and each section was given a characteristic derived from his pieces: unarmed concrete, unpainted wood, light, water and sky.