Katsuya Fukushima and Hiroko Tominaga of FT Architects have completed a residence called ‘Column and Slab’ in Tokyo, Japan.

‘The grid frame is modernist, while the columns and the raised floors are traditional Japanese forms,’ say the architects.

Information from the architects:

‘In Tokyo today, the houses that are built do not adhere to any particular order or set of rules. Amidst this sprawl of unrestricted confusion, we wanted to create a house that was akin to a museum.
Integrating traditional forms into everyday life, allows the house to establish links to tradition and to create a sense of spatial tension. The grid frame is modernist, while the columns and the raised floors are traditional Japanese forms. These established forms will play a vivid part in their contemporary setting. We are in the process of developing a language that employs forms without being nostalgic and traditionalist.’