"You can't just put something new in one place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on earth, and then use that knowledge, along with contemporary thought, to interpret what you see". Tadao Ando

This philosophy of Tadao Ando is always evident in his designs and is recognized for the attention he pays to nature and the relationship between the interior and exterior spaces of his buildings.

On a slope down a small river in a beech clearing, the element of nature appears throughout the architecture of Tadao Ando, who initiates subliminal experiences in this Church on the Water in Tomamu, Japan.