The exhibition Seijo House – Rebuilding Kenzo Tange’s Residence, presented at the Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens in Fukuyama in 2025, explored the legacy of one of the architect’s most personal and influential projects: the house he designed for himself in Tokyo’s Seijo district in 1953. Although the original building no longer exists, it remains an important example of Tange’s early architectural thinking and his synthesis of modernist principles with traditional Japanese spatial concepts.

Organized as part of the Art of Architecture Regeneration Project by the Kambara & Tsuneishi Foundation, the exhibition examined the ongoing effort to reconstruct the residence on a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. Through architectural drawings, archival documents, and historical photographs, visitors were invited to rediscover the spatial ideas and design strategies that shaped the original house.

At the center of the exhibition stood a detailed 1:3 scale model of the residence, carefully constructed by a temple carpenter using traditional craftsmanship. This reconstruction allowed visitors to understand the building’s structural clarity and spatial composition, highlighting how Tange balanced modern architectural vocabulary with elements derived from Japanese building traditions. The exhibition ultimately offered a rare opportunity to revisit a lost work and reflect on its continuing architectural significance.