precision alignment of formwork joints and a high standard of concrete
finish reflect the care devoted to structural detailing. Surface finishing is
especially important here because of the plainness of all other column
and wall details.
By restricting himself to circular and rectangular formwork Ando does
not exploit the plasticity of concrete like Santiago Calatrava. Several of
his works, including the cast-in-place concrete Stadelhofen Railway
Station underground mall, Zürich (see Fig. 7.51) and Satolas Railway Sta-
tion, Lyons (see Fig. 8.9), display comprehensively the extent to which140 STRUCTURE AS ARCHITECTURE
▲ 7.16 FABRICA (Benetton Communication Research Centre), Treviso, Italy, Tadao
Ando & Associates, 2000. Concrete construction and materiality are clearly expressed in
the structural elements defining the sunken courtyard.▲ 7.14 Hazel Wood School, Southampton, England, Hampshire
County Council Architects Department, 1990. The hall roof structure
is typical of that for the whole school.
▲ 7.15 Short beams transfer loads from the lattice roof to a
column.