SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF MACHIYA INHABITATION CONTEXT: CULTURALLY FRIENDLY DESIGN METHOD BASED ON MACHIYA SYSTEM OF KYOTO (PART1)

摘要

In this paper, the architectural space Machiya will be using semantic dimensions instead of syntactic dimensions of conventional tridimensional space. Semantic dimensions (formality, privacy, brightness and naturalness) are collected for different activities using a questionnaire and arranged in a data base. With such data it is possible to differentiate Machiya from other typologies and to find similarities between the typical layout of Machiya and its semantic description. But as well we found a discrepancy between the semantic space of existing Machiya and the type of dwelling preferred by those who say that they would like to live in Machiya, showing that even if inhabitants can recognize semantic space of Machiya they might not necessarily be aware of the implications of it. Therefore new ways of continuation of Machiya in the contemporary context are being explored.%本論文の目的は、3次元空間の構文論的次元の代わりに、居住者の生活行動から得られる意味論的次元を用いて、町家の建築空間を記述することである。すなわち、現実の空間内での居住に注目する ことによって、空間と意味との関係を解明することを目指す。居住は空間の意味を理解すること(解釈)に基づいているがゆえに、空間が意味と関連づけられる意味論的次元に対応する指標を使用することができるからである。