Tadao Ando has been at the forefront of architectural activities from the 1970s to the present. Tadao Ando’ s works are scattered all over the world, and he is highly acclaimed for the high quality of the spaces he creates for each location, but his greatest characteristic is the consistency of his designphilosophy. His work ranges from fundamental themes such as light and geometry, which he honed through his early residential works, to urban architectural techniques that suggestthe traditional Japanese concept of"'ma" (space), to regionalist architecture with original ideas that create new relationships in response to the context of the place. Here, we try to approach the essence of Tadao Ando's thinking which continues to this day with the most fundamental starting point of"light".