[Tadao Ando Architect & Associates  - MPavilion 10 - COVER IMG] MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando, Rory Gardiner

MPavilion 10

Firm LocationMelbourne, Australia
CompanyTadao Ando Architect & Associates
Lead ArchitectTadao Ando
Design TeamExecutive Architect: Sean Godsell, Structural Engineer: AECOM, Builder: Kane Constructions, Concrete: Comb Construction, Consultant Building Surveyor: Gardner Group
ClientNaomi Milgrom Foundation

MPavilion is Australia's leading architectural commission. Annually, an architect is engaged to design an experimental pavilion to host a summer festival of free cultural events. Prolific Japanese architect, Tadao Ando, was invited to design MPavilion 10, his first Australian project. MPavilion 10 reflects Tadao Ando’s precise use of concrete and signature geometric interventions in nature. Conceived as a memorable structure that strives for spatial purity, Ando describes his design as 'an architecture of emptiness, that in its silence lets light and breeze enter and breathe life into it.'