HOA AMACE: JAPAN 1

WOOD

OVER 90% OF ANCIENT JAPAN WAS COVERED WITH FORESTS; WAS ONCE USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE

DECIDUOUS TREES

OAK AND CHESTNUT WERE USED FOR FURNITURE AND FIXTURES

CYPRESS

RESISTANT TO MOISTURE, STRONG, AND HAS AN ATTRACTIVE GRAIN; PREFERRED WOOD FOR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

CEDAR (SUGI)

SOFTER AND DAMAGES EASILY BUT HAS A MORE ATTRACTIVE GRAIN AND COLORATION. IDEAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOVEABLE INTERIOR

MULBERRY PAPER

SLIDING PAPER DOORS (SHOJI) THAT FORM A MOVEABLE WALL

BAMBOO

WALL LATHING COATED WITH A MIXTURE OF CLAY, SAND, AND STRAW FIBERS

SOD ROOF DWELLING

A RIDGE SURROUNDING THE PIT AND HAS A ROOF WITH A SET 35 DEGREE GRADIENT

IGLOO SHAPED SOD ROOF DWELLING

HAS 7 PILLARS ARRANGED TO FORM A LONG-NARROW PENTAGON; IT IS COVERED IN DIRT SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO AN IGLOO (KAMAKURA)

HEICHI JUKYO

ALSO KNOWN AS FLAT LAND DWELLING

YOSHINOAGARI RUINS

LARGEST YAYOI PERIOD; SPREAD THROUGH THE KANZAKI AREA OF SAGA PREFECTURE; THE CENTER OF THE "NATION-STATE"

TAKAYUKI SHIKI

DWELLINGS ELEVATED USED MAINLY FOR STOREHOUSES USED TO PROTECT RICE

SANMAL MARUYAMA

LARGEST JOMON PERIOD SITE

LONGHOUSE

OVAL SHAPED STRUCTURE, 32 METERS LONG, USED FOR MEETING PLACES

PIT DWELLINGS

CONSTRUCTED WITH PILLARS, A ROOF, AND A FLOOR CREATED BY REMOVING SOIL

KOFUN JIDAI

ALSO CALLED THE TUMULUS PERIOD OR THE GREAT BURIAL PERIOD; CHARACTERIZED BY LARGE EARTHEN KEYHOLE SHAPED BURIAL MOUNDS

SHOIN ZUKURI

BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN CREATED STRUCTURE AND NATURE; STYLE OF JAPANESE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

SHOIN

TEMPLE - A PLACE TO STUDY LECTURES ON THE SUTRA; HOUSE - A DRAWING ROOM OR STUDY

WABI SABI

ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSIENCE AND IMPERFECTION; BEAUTY IN IMPERFECTION; EMPHASIS ON NATURAL LINES, ASYMMETRY, SIMPLICITY, AND UNDERSTATEMENT

HIERARCHY AND CONTRAST

USE OF COLOR RESTRICTIONS TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS

IMPORTANT BUILDINGS

HAS EXUBERANT COLORS AND COMPLEX FORMS

SIMPLE, EVERYDAY FUNCTION

RESTRAINED COLORS WITH SIMPLE FORMS

ISE SHRINE

MAKING AN EXACT REPLICA EVERY 20 YEARS SO THE KNOWLEDGE OF BUILDING WOULD NOT BE LOST

MEASUREMENT OF MAN

AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN THE DESIGN OF JAPANESE BUILDINGS; DIFFERENT FROM WESTERN STANDARDS OF PROPORTION

KEN

MODULE OF MEASUREMENT; BASIS OF MEASUREMENT = IN BETWEEN COLUMNS

1.82 M

MEASUREMENT OF 1 KEN AND THE STANDARD LENGTH OF TIMBER IN JAPAN

910 X 1820MM

MEASUREMENT OF 1 TATAMI MAT

MINKA

JAPANESE FOLK ARCHITECTURE

MACHIYA

TOWNHOUSE; TRADITIONAL JAPANESE WOODEN TOWNHOUSES

NOKA

FARMHOUSE

GYOKA

FISHERMAN'S HOUSE

SANKA

MOUNTAIN HOUSE

DAIDOKORO

KITCHEN

OFURO

BATH

RANMA

CARVED WOODEN DECORATIVE PANEL ABOVE DOORWAYS

GASSHO STYLE FARMHOUSE

STEEPLY PITCHED GABLED ROOFS WITH LONG THICK LOGS AND USED THE GIANT ATTIC SPACE

KYOTO MACHIYA

HAS A RETAIL SPACE AT THE FRONT KNOWN AS "MISE NO MA" AND HAS A LIVING SPACE AT THE BACK

CHASHITSU

TEA HOUSE THAT EMBODIES WABI SABI

WABI

INNER, QUIET AND SOBER REFINEMENT

SABI

REPRESENTS THE OUTER IMPERFECTIONS

SHOGUN ASHIKAGA YOSHIMASA

CONSTRUCTED THE FIRST DETACHED CHASHITSU AT HIS VILLA IN KYOTO

NIJIRIGUCHI

CRAWLING IN SPACE ENTRANCE; LOW AND SQUARE SMALL DOOR THAT SEPARATES THE QUIET TEA SPACE FROM THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT

SADOGUCHI

HOST'S ENTRY WAY

OKOSHI-EZU

FOLDING DRAWING USED BY MASTER CLASSES TO STUDY PROPORTIONS