Residential Masterpieces 31: Tadao Ando — Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka examines three symbolic junctures in Ando's residential practice — houses in Osaka, Ashiya, and Tokyo — tracing the radical formal logic that transforms site conditions into the intrinsic qualities of each building.
About This Book
Tadao Ando's residential architecture resists fashion by design. This volume in the Residential Masterpieces series focuses on three houses that differ markedly in scale, plan, and urban context, yet are unified by a singular architectural conviction: that built form should not merely respond to its conditions but be fundamentally constituted by them. The Row House in Sumiyoshi — a concrete intervention into the dense fabric of Osaka — sits alongside works in Ashiya and Tokyo as case studies in disciplined spatial thinking. Photographed by Yukio Futagawa and accompanied by extensive critical text, this is essential reading for anyone serious about Japanese architecture and the phenomenology of domestic space.
Key Features
- 80 pages of extensive critical text and photographs by Yukio Futagawa
- Photography by Yukio Futagawa
- Case studies: Row House in Sumiyoshi (Osaka), house in Ashiya (Hyogo), house in Tokyo
- Published by ADA Edita, ISBN 9784871405645
What You'll Discover
- How Ando's approach to residential design operates independently of novelty or trend, prioritising an enduring formal radicalism
- The specific differences in scale, plan, and context across three distinct residential projects, and how each is resolved through the same architectural logic
- The way Ando transforms constraints — the narrow Osaka row house typology, differing urban fabrics — into the defining qualities of each building
- Yukio Futagawa's photographic interpretation of Ando's concrete interiors and the quality of light within compressed domestic space
About the Author
[Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 80
- Dimensions: 260 x 360 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9784871405645
- Publisher: ADA Edita
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and students of Japanese architecture, those researching Tadao Ando's residential work, and designers interested in the relationship between concrete materiality, urban typology, and domestic space.