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Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University Volume 59 Issue 2
published_at 2009-03

Inside and outside composition of Kusohachi-soin : A study on composition method in architecture of Hiroshi Ohe

九十八叟院の内外構成 : 大江宏建築作品における「うち」の構成手法
Kato Shun
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Hiroshi Ohe (1913-1989) is an architect who played an active part in Japanese modern times. He had unique thoughts of the characteristic of Japanese building. The aim of this paper is to clarify the spatial composition of Kusohachi-Soin designed by him. In consequence, it is clarified that he composed spatial inside and outside in this building by using three elements. This building is divided in five layers by allotment of grounds by the arrangement of roofs, two layers by multilayer of the roofs, one~four layers by articulation of the space every each ridge.
Creator Keywords
Hiroshi Ohe
spatial composition
Kusohachi-Soin