TOWNSCAPE AND CITY FORM OF HISTORICAL CITY KYOTO: FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN THEORY
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Accession number;07A0043206
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| Title;TOWNSCAPE AND CITY FORM OF HISTORICAL CITY KYOTO: FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN THEORY |
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MONNAI TERUYUKI
(Kyoto Univ., JPN)
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Journal Title;Thermophys Prop
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Journal Code:X0031A
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ISSN:0911-1743
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VOL.27th;NO.;PAGE.1-6(2006)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.2, REF.18 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;In this special lecture, I want to present the topic of "Townscape and City Form of Historical City Kyoto". I hope that the audiences find various fascinating scenes in Kyoto through my lecture, and moreover I am pleased that this lecture will give some inspirations to the researchers of thermophysical properties. My research field is architecture and urban design, and I am now interested in "Man-Environment System Design". Many environmental problems occur because most designers consider a single artifact and neglect the relations between artifacts, or the relations among artifact, man, and environment. First of all I explain the idea of man-environment system design and semiotic viewpoints in order to read those relations in environmental designs. Then I introduce my semiotic study of townscapes. In this study, I investigated 200 traditional townscapes in Japan on the spot and analyzed the semiosis of townscapes based on semiotics. As a result, it is clarified that various townscapes can be generated from the combination and transformation of limited number of signs. In general, the mechanism is called as "discrete infinity" in linguistics and mathematics. Similarities and differences of townscapes are realized based on this mechanism, and those townscapes are regarded as "communal townscapes". Today there are many problems in the townscapes of Kyoto. Especially beautiful townscapes and MACHIYA houses disappear rapidly in the last half of 20th century. I will show some important mechanisms in the townscapes of Kyoto, such as networks of similarities and differences, interactions of micro and macro, and other characteristics. Finally I refer to the city form of Kyoto. It changed drastically from ancient times to modern times. Not only top-down approach of urban planning but also bottom-up approach of MACHIDUKURI took important roles in the formation of city form of Kyoto. Many creative spatial devices were invented in the latter approach. (author abst.) |
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