| Title |
Japanese Traditional Residence Space and Industrial Vernacular - Focused on the Pre-fab Concept of the Japanese Housing Architectural Spaces as a Traditional System - |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2019.28.2.049 |
| Keywords |
Japanese Traditional Residence Space ; Kiwari System ; Pre-fab ; Industrial Vernacular |
| Abstract |
This study is aiming at investigating Japan's 'Industrial Vernacular' as the design strategy applied in everyday life and housing market, forging the relationship between the old tradition of handicraft manufacturing and the new technologies. Centering on the architect's works with the spacial system of Industrial Vernacular in terms of Japanese tradition and housing industry, the process of this study is illustrated as follows: At first, it mentions socio-cultural conditions as the background of Japan's Pre-fab, and Kiwari system as well as traditional architectural elements. Secondly, it clarifies the architectural structures and the spacial characteristics of Shoin, Minka, Machiya and Soan as the types of Japanese traditional residence. Thirdly, it discusses Industrial Vernacular combined the Japanese traditional architectural concepts with contemporary materials and technologies. It analyses the works of Waro Kishi who set up the concept of Industrial Vernacular, Kazuhiko Namba who uses client base-mass customized system, and Toyo Ito who has developed the strategy of pret-a-porter. As the result, the characteristics of Industrial Vernacular are summarized as the pre-fab method of 'sustainable design' inherent in the Japanese traditional architecture providing flexibility for the future, as the housing system inherited from japanese sensitivity responding to nature with the ecological strategy of 'passive design', and as the pre-fab system adapting to the regional environment by using modern materials and construction techniques on Japan's vernacular. |