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PROJECTS
▪ One of his first project was Rokko Housing ( 1981- 83). This complex is wedged into a restricted site on a south-facing 60 degrees slope. some years later he designed a second housing complex adjacent to the first one which includes 50 dwellings, designed on a 5.2m square grid. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
▪ One of his first project was Rokko Housing ( 1981- 83). This complex is wedged into a restricted site on a south-facing 60 degrees slope. some years later he designed a second housing complex adjacent to the first one which includes 50 dwellings, designed on a 5.2m square grid. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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▪ Another remarkable work of Tadao was , The church of Light (Baraki, Osaka, 1988-89) located in a residential suburb. It consists from a rectangular concrete box crossed at 15 degrees angle by freestanding wall. The bisecting wall obliges a visitor to turn to enter the chapel.
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▪ Tadao's first NYC building was an "Ultra-Luxury" condominium project. The building makes a strong yet quiet statement with a facade comprised with voluminous glass, galvanized steel and flanked by poured in -place concrete and a living green wall that rises the height of the building. 👇👇👇👇👇👇
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▪ The fine house on the heights Monterrey, in Mexico, confirms his recent trend towards simplification, composition through free volumes and concentration of spaces. The house itself as a whole, is concieved as a conflict between contrasting figures and volumes.👇👇👇👇👇
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Today we have brought you one interesting project from our capital, Addis Ababa.........It was once the pinnacle of luxury for the city's inhabitants...."Fil Wuha"