Ando has designed three churches: Chapel on Mt, Rokko (referred to in japan as Church of the Wind) halfway up a mountain near Kobe, Church of the Light in a residential district in an Osaka suburb, and Church on the Water in the grand natural environment of Hokkaido.
These buildings are designed around three natural elements—wind, light and water.
Although Ando uses concrete in all three churches, they are very different buildings; each has its own unique character, each being a great work of modern church design.
He in fact has an idea for a church of the sea—a church washed by the waves. Just the idea of it is highly evocative. Ando is always able to explain his work concisely and to captivate a listener immediately.