Comments on: Column and Slab house by FT Architects

By: natte

natte — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:41:42 +0000

Really nice to see the structure of the building, really industrial feel. Is the ground floor maybe meant to be a garage or workshop? that would be sweet!

By: mk

mk — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:37:29 +0000

bit depressing….

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:04:49 +0000

@One- You should look again at the drawings. The big sheet of glass does not look onto the neighbor. The door behind the tub is admittedly weird but I suspect it is just there to provide access to the light slot for cleaning and maintenance. (too bad there is no shower out there.)

By: Herr K

Herr K — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:47:08 +0000

nice. it does evoke some memories of shinoharas work.

By: One

One — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:17:21 +0000

Bath room with large glass sheets opened to neighbors’ window, with exit facing on bath tab… The section looks like Corbusier’s Domino House while the house looks more like stacked up shipping container… Is this a life reality in Tokyo? Modern Container in transition…?

By: lex

lex — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:38:53 +0000

for the plus side: the house is really expressive for the name (slab and column), clear modernist expression through construction as well.

tats abt it for the pros.

cons-wise, there don’t seem to be an articulation of spaces (its one big space!)

i do like the material use of concrete and timber. it gives a somewhat coldness (in the lower floor) and coziness in the upper floors (perhaps a way of demarcating the spaces?), yet at the same time u can see the bare concrete columns and beams, even in the toilet!

i seriously hate the checkered floor. wad were they tinking?

By: Gabs

Gabs — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:39:58 +0000

When I look at projects like these, I’m more convinced that architecture has really not evolved in decades.

By: maaama

maaama — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:39:36 +0000

almost divine

By: kingmu

kingmu — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:07:05 +0000

I think Japanese designers respond wonderfully to Japan’s claustrophobic environment. This is one of those situations where I think Japanese designers are best suited to Japanese housing needs. I congratulate all those Japanese designers. They continue to demonstrate sensitivity, intuition and elegance. I am almost always impressed.

By: Leeboo

Leeboo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:31:13 +0000

First floor looks suspiciously like parking area, check out the neighbor who has the car parked in their first floor, very common in Asian countries.