Minka, Machiya, and Gassho-Zukuri, Procedural Generation of Japanese Traditional Houses
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Minka (traditional folk house), machiya (historic town house), and gassho-zukuri (farmhouse conserved in the World Heritage villages) have individual characteristics in terms of their geometric shapes and are strongly affected by the local landscape in Japan. These houses are the archetypes of Japanese residences and their genotypes are alive in contemporary designs. This paper presents the procedural generation of these three types of Japanese traditional houses. Minka’s distinctive characteristics in appearance can be found in the roof combined with hip and gable shapes, called irimoya. Machiya’s characteristics can be found in the configuration of traditional lattice windows, called koushi-mado. Gassho-zukuri has a unique shape of a steeply inclined roof, which looks like praying hands. All of these procedures are implemented in CGA shape grammar language and are used in conservation design processes of traditional settlements. They are also planned to be used in the reconstruction design process from the Great East Japan Earthquake.- Title
- Minka, Machiya, and Gassho-Zukuri, Procedural Generation of Japanese Traditional Houses
- Author
- Watanabe, Shun
- Date of issue
- 2016
- Access level
- Open access
- Copyright owner
- Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Conference title
- CAADence in Architecture, 2016
- Conference place
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Conference date
- 16 June - 17 June 2016
- Language
- en
- Page
- 41 - 47
- Subject
- traditional fork house, historic town house, World Heritage villages, CGA
- Version
- Kiadói változat
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.3311/CAADence.1614
- Title of the container document
- CAADence in Architecture: Back to Command: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design
- ISBN, e-ISBN
- 978-963-313-237-1
- 978-963-313-225-8
- Document type
- könyvfejezet
- Document genre
- Konferenciacikk
- Subject area
- Műszaki tudományok
- Field
- Építészmérnöki tudományok
- University
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Faculty
- Faculty of Architecture