Work

Transition of Reed Screen Wall in Modern Japanese Building Through Research on Technical Books

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Since ancient era, yoshi (reed) has been used as a sunlight screen, partition, and sometimes as a wattle like substrate of mud wall. However, in the modern era, reed screen was also used as a substrate of plaster wall. That kind of wall construction is less known because this type of wall has been believed to be just a cheap and inferior one, and it is not used late years. In this research, we collected primary technical books about building construction and plaster works, and analyzed how the reed screen wall construction has changed.

Source: AIJ Journal of Technology and Design

DOI: 10.3130/aijt.30.1470

Author: Naoyuki MATSUMOTO

Institution: Tohoku University

Language: English

Topic: Architecture and Cultural Influences

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Award: Elucidation of the structural mechanism of the seismic walls with wooden substrates and plaster work in modern wooden buildings and earthquake damage evaluation concerning them