The influence of milieu in the residential architecture of Shinohara Kazuo

摘要

This paper summarizes a survey on the influence of milieu in the architectural conception of a Japanese architect, The evolution of the residential architecture of Shinohara Kazuo has been analysed through its relation to the social space, the physical space, and the mental space that produce the milieu tendencies of the spatial environment. The reference to Society (through tradition and modernity), to Nature (in the perception of the landscape), and to Space (the physical space of the city and the mental space of the architectural concepts) revealed the influence of milieu. The data were found in the architect's writings and drawings. The correspondence between the milieu tendencies and the residential architecture has been stressed through the modelization of housing spatial structures and urban scheme references.