Saturday, October 22, 2011

the uniqueness of Japanese architecture


Since the Edo government in power, namely the years 1600-1868, Japan shut out the influence of the Western world. That decision reflected the pattern of Japanese architecture is very different from other cities in the world. Examples of details seen in homes in small towns along the Nakasendo, for example in the ancient village of Tsumago. Here, building their home is very traditional architectural style dominated Japanese Edo style.
Among the paths, there are many homes exterior featuring Japanese-style gardens.Park not only in front of the house but also in the back of the house. The gardens are many natural rock pools decorated with bonsai, bamboo fountain, and bamboo crafts.
Stepping inside, we will see the main building are made of boards. If we look further, the houses are identical boards with activities of Japanese Shogun era-eyed quest farming, trade, and business services.
Japanese roofs are generally crushed stone to resist in order not to fly in the wind.The roof is also equipped with a rain gutter on the side, which serves to channel water into the ground. Gutters are made of bamboo which shows the ingenuity and technical elements of thinking builder of Edo period. Room with a dirt floor, tatami, and the foundation of crushed natural stone wood building materials is also one special characteristic. Simple construction, by applying the principle of "the fewer, the better". This principle has been much absorbed in the art of modern architecture.
The walls of Japanese houses tend to be plain with a line-geometric haris. The walls are built of thin, hardly immaterial. Even the paper was still used for the walls of the room. Indeed unsafe and very cold in winter, but was made to make it blend with the natural inhabitants. The walls, floors, and ceilings are left plain without any decoration. The only decoration was a game the lines and boxes straight.
In the main hall reception area, built a small stage-walled retreat as a place sacred.This section is a self-psychological orientation where the focus of the landlord, called tokonoma. There are some landscape painting or a flower, but sometimes the painting was replaced with beautiful displays of calligraphy, poetry or a poem that contains mengandug wisdom or knowledge of cultural values.
Traditional Japanese house floor plan is divided into spaces as simple as a square or rectangular. This simplicity is reflected in the minimalist design of the much loved today. But in reality, the famous architectural culture has actually been done for centuries by architects Shinto era.

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