| Title |
A Study on the Architectural Characteristics of Kunio Maekawa's High-Rise Harumi Aprtment and Relationship with Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation |
| Authors |
Kim Kyoung-Yon ; Jun Byung-Kweon |
| Keywords |
High-Rise Harumi Aprtments ; Unite d'Habitation ; Collective Housing ; Kunio Maekawa |
| Abstract |
Harumi Apartments are Japan's first high-rise housing built by the Japanese Housing Corporation. It has high historical value in that it was an experimental housing prototype with purposes of reducing construction costs, exploring technical solutions for the construction of high-rise apartments, and examining the possibility of introducing collective housing as a form of urban residence in Japan. Since then, Harumi apartments have contributed to the expansion of collective housing. They also have historical significance in the architects of the twentieth century. This research analyzed Kunio Maekawa's Hrumi Apartments (1958) that played an important role in establishing collective housing in Japan, and investigated the characteristics of Hrumi high-rise apartments that provided a turning point in Japanese modern architecture. It also conducted a comparative analysis between Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation (1952) and Hrumi Apartments to examine differences and similarities in their design and to find out how Western modern architecture has affected Japanese architecture. In particular, this study attempted to understand an architectural relationship between Kunio Maekawa and Le Corbusier based on previous studies on Unite d'Habitation. A literature review and an analysis of related data were conducted to investigate a design background and characteristics of Harumi Apartments and to examine Le Corbusier's influence on Harumi Apartments. |