Open Architecture for the People - Housing Development in Post-War Japan

"Chapter 2 to 5 published in Japanese by Chikumashobo Ltd., 10 October, 2016. Chapter 6 published in Japanese by Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., 30 November, 2018."

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Three Phases of Open Architecture- Phases of "Ways to be Opened"
Chapter 1:
The Initiatives of the Government and the Industry - 1950-1973
Chapter 2:
An Initiative to Pay Attention to People - 1973-1986
Chapter 3:
The Inclusion of Customers Organized by the Industry - 1986-2000
Chapter 4:
Connecting with Ways of Life Can Give the Initiative to the People in the 21st century
Chapter 5：
The Development of the Third Phase of Open Architecture
Chapter 6：
Open Architecture Ahead - to Play with Vacant Buildings-
Index

About the author

Shuichi Matsumura is a project professor in the Department of Architecture, at the University of Tokyo.

Summary

Open Architecture for the People explores Japanese architecture and the three different phases of development between the years 1950 and 2018.

Additional text

'Too little attention has been paid in English language publications to contemporary developments in Japanese architecture and built environment, aside from the "starchitects" or the embattled vernacular traditions. Yet inside Japan, a lively discourse is ongoing into much deeper transformations of Japanese architecture. At a time of depopulation and resource limits, coupled with a deep cultural reverence for traditional social structures, Japanese architectural production is subtly but inexorably changing. This book makes a significant contribution to understanding these transformations.' - Stephen Kendall, PhD (MIT’90 – Design Theory and Methods), Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Ball State University, Co-Director, Council on Open Building
"In conclusion, the book provides informative reading, especially for people unfamiliar with architectural trends in Japan today." - Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review

Product details

• Authors: Shuichi Matsumura, Shuichi (Department of Architecture Matsumura, Matsumura Shuichi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780815361565
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6156-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture; Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Japan, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of Architecture, Urban and municipal planning and policy, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), City and town planning: architectural aspects