Tadao Ando
Rizoma
0, 1, 2
Place and Year
Buenos Aires. Editorial, 2016
Japan. Photography, 2024
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Theme
Role
Architecture
Design Spaces
Rhizomatic Thinking
Editorial design
Book designPrint design
Photography
Editorial design
Book design
Book design
Print design
Photography
Photography
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About
Tadao Ando. Rizoma 0; 1; 2. is a conceptual editorial project exploring the work and philosophy of Japanese architect Tadao Ando through a collection of three interconnected books.
Developed in 2016, the project draws inspiration from Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch (Rayuela) and the idea of rhizomatic thinking by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, proposing a non-linear system where information expands through connection rather than sequence.
Each volume explores a different dimension of Ando’s architecture: Rizoma 0 reflects introspection, spirituality and sacred spaces; Rizoma 1 focuses on intimacy and the relationship between individual and space; and Rizoma 2 explores interaction, exchange and collective experience.
The editorial system was designed as an interconnected object, where books could be read individually or together, generating multiple pathways through Ando’s work. Influenced by Ando’s relationship with light and materiality, the design incorporates layered transparencies, paper subtractions and visual intersections to create moments of discovery across pages.
Tadao Ando. Rizoma 0; 1; 2. is a conceptual editorial project exploring the work and philosophy of Japanese architect Tadao Ando through a collection of three interconnected books.
Developed in 2016, the project draws inspiration from Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch (Rayuela) and the idea of rhizomatic thinking by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, proposing a non-linear system where information expands through connection rather than sequence.
Each volume explores a different dimension of Ando’s architecture: Rizoma 0 reflects introspection, spirituality and sacred spaces; Rizoma 1 focuses on intimacy and the relationship between individual and space; and Rizoma 2 explores interaction, exchange and collective experience.
The editorial system was designed as an interconnected object, where books could be read individually or together, generating multiple pathways through Ando’s work. Influenced by Ando’s relationship with light and materiality, the design incorporates layered transparencies, paper subtractions and visual intersections to create moments of discovery across pages.
Developed in 2016, the project draws inspiration from Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch (Rayuela) and the idea of rhizomatic thinking by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, proposing a non-linear system where information expands through connection rather than sequence.
Each volume explores a different dimension of Ando’s architecture: Rizoma 0 reflects introspection, spirituality and sacred spaces; Rizoma 1 focuses on intimacy and the relationship between individual and space; and Rizoma 2 explores interaction, exchange and collective experience.
The editorial system was designed as an interconnected object, where books could be read individually or together, generating multiple pathways through Ando’s work. Influenced by Ando’s relationship with light and materiality, the design incorporates layered transparencies, paper subtractions and visual intersections to create moments of discovery across pages.
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Reflection
Originally developed during my studies, the project remained personally significant for years. In 2024, after almost a decade of wanting to experience Ando’s spaces in person, I visited Naoshima and Teshima in Japan — returning to the work through lived experience and photography.
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Book format
500x500mm
