Baptismal font to the extreme left, chairs for the minister on the right, and table and pulpit in the center.

What is the purpose of the concrete projection into the midst of the tranquil pool?

Church of the light, Tadao Ando, architect, 1988-89. Built in close relationship to a slightly larger church they are both identified as Church of the light.

The primary entrance is through a courtyard formed by a curved wall formed by the lot line of the property. A large Zelkova tree has been planted in the courtyard, offering shade and welcome to the entrance as one leaves ...

Tadao ando, architect. The windows in the form of a cross provide the image of the cross on the wall behind the liturgical center.

Tadao Ando, architect. Built 1992-1993. A complicated and very restricted plot of ground results in a seemingly complex, yet simple, but at the same time dynamic plan. Center, left, is the rectangular bell tower. Above the ...

with seating

Water from the entrance spills over and is allowed to flow down to the sea.

Throughout Ando has revealed his preference for a spare architectural palette. Marble stairs, concrete walls with the signature marking of the square form plates and a spare hand rail.

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Another ninety degree turn reveals the entry of the chapel.

There is a downside to outdoor art gallery.

At the bottom of the stairs a Buddhist temple with traditional lattice and wooden timber work covered with vermillion paint.

The table, pulpit and font are of typical minimalist Ando.

The museum itself is largely underground in order to minimize disturbance to the natural beauty of the park. It has an underground volume of appoximately 165x25 feet.

Nonetheless they give an almost surreal sense of the wooded surroundings on Mount Rokko.

Wonderfully simple chairs for the clergy with similar minimalism for the pedestal for flowers.