Lessons from Japan: a look at Century Housing System

Japanese traditional wooden houses are a good example of system architecture. Originating from Chinese temple construction, the housing is based on the distance between column centres known as a ken. Both the widths and depths of all spaces were multiples of this standard unit and formed the frame o...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Robert Schmidt III, Toru Eguchi, Simon Austin
Format:	Default Conference proceeding
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Japan Architecture Housing Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/26291
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