Measure and Construction of the Japanese House

152 Pages·2015·91.519 MB·English

by  Engel, Heino

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table of contents
LISTO F ILLUSTRATIONS 9
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PUBLISHEsR NOTE II
INTR ODUCTON I3
DEFINITIONS I5
n1easure
construction
I MEASURINGS YSTEMA ND MODULE 18
measuorfem an
buildmienags ures
ke11m easuarnedm odule
traditsitoannadla rds
2 SYSTEMO F PLAN LAYOUT 34
floomra t
kyo-mmeat hod
inakam-eltlhload
planimetric-sfpuanccet ional
3 EXAMPLESO F FLOORP LANS 47
typiflcoaolpr l ans
distinctions
superstition
physioqfut eh tee rao om
4 STRUCTURALFRAMEWORK 7I
process
foundation
walflr amework
roof
5 SPACEE NCLOSURES 97
japanweaslel
floor
ceiling
6 MOVABLES PACEC ONTROLS I09
fittings
translupcaepneptra nel
opaqupea pepra nel
windows
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7 CONSTRUCTIONSF ORS PIRITUASLP ACES 126
pictruercee ss
shelvriencge ss
studpyl ace
8 HOUSEE NCLOSURES 136
woodesnh utters
shutctoemrp artment
doors
CONCLUSION 143
focro ntempoarcahriyt ccture
INDEX 147
TABLEO F CONTENTS 8
listo f illustrations
figure
Theh umanfi guraess tandfaormrde asuurnei ts I9
2 Compariosfofi ng uroefsN ortheErunr opeaanndJs a panese 20
3 Spacree quiremoeftn htJesa panfiegsuer e 2I
4 Comparatsicvaelf eossr hakfuoo,t -ianncdmh e,t rsiycs tems 22-23
5 TheS homsecir oll 24-25
6 Modulaorr deorft hJea panheosues e 28
7 Modulaorr deorft hec eiling 30
8 Modulaorr deorft hep icturreec etsosk, ono111a 3I
9 Construcdteitoaanin ldss t andsairzdoe fst het atmui 35
IO Thek yo-m1e1t1haood f d esign 37
I I Thei nakam-e1th1o1odafd esign 40
I2 Compariosfot nh ek yo-a1n1di1 naa kam-e1th1o1das 4I
I 3 Tataa1r1r1anig emoefsn ttasn draorodm s 43
I4 Flooprl anosfs tandraorodm u nits 44-46
I 5 Examploefts y pirceasli dences 47-54
I6 Examploefts y pifcaarlm houses ss-s6
I7 Typicdaolw ntowKny otroe sidence 57
I 8 Examploefhs o use-gadredseing n s8-6o
I9 Plaonf p rotottyepaer oocmh,a -swhiittkhsi utc,h en1e1t1tie,z uya 63
20 Flooprl anosft earotoymp es 64
2I Floor-dpilaagnr aomfss t andtaeradr ooms 65-67
22 Carpentsecrr'osl l 72-75
23 Constructsiyosntaeolmf es a rdlwye llings 76
24 Sectioofon n e-stroersyi dence 77
25 Sectiooftn w o-stroersyi dence 78
26 Detaiolfts y pifcoauln dations 79
27 Standalrodn gitujdoiinnatls 8o-8I
28 Framionfgg roundasnidjl oli ndte tails 83
29 Walflr amewocrokn struction 84
30 Columnb,e ama,n dt ijeo inings 85
3 I Rooft ypeasn df ramisnygs tefmosdr i fferreonotsf p ans 87
32 Hipped-rcooonfs truction 89
3 3 Detaiolfrs o osft ructure 90-39
34 Typicfaolr mosfl ean-to hriosoafssh, i 94-95
35 Wall-skecloentsotnr uction 98
36 Typicfaolr mosfe xterwiooord s iding 99
3 7 Detaiolffls o ocro nstruction IOI-I03
3 8 Construcotfsi uosnp enbdoeadr cde iling !05
39 Detaiolfcs e ilcionngs truction I06
40 Typiccaeli lpiantgt erns !07
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