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The S residence was built in 1954. The one-storied house with a gable roof was enlarged in 1964 into a two-storied house though a part of the house retained its original one-storied body. This paper investigates the architectural history of this house through interviews with the owner and research into the residence and attempts to restore its original style.The characteristics of this house are as follows.◦The S residence had a gable roof, and the floor space was 105.55m2. The exterior was paneled vertically with clapboards made of Akita cedar （Cryptomeria japonica） painted dark brown. This boarding technique was also used in the interior.◦The layout of rooms is “living room centered” in that living rooms are located on both sides of a drawing room. The restroom and bathroom are together on the north side of the main house and form an annex to the main house with a hallway connecting them. While a large pantile roof spans the main house, the roof that covers the attached part is a shed-roof of galvanized iron sheets, and in the annex a traditional method of water circulation is retained.◦The step set up between the Japanese-style room and the western-style room employs the method in fashion during prewar Showa period.◦The interior of the house features a ship bottom ceiling and an open layout. This ceiling spans two rooms, the drawing room and the kitchen, and the interior openness is emphasized by sliding doors with pockets, swing doors and transoms on the north side of the drawing room.◦The open layout with sliding doors with pockets was also used on the 2nd floor when the house was enlarged.◦This house was enlarged by building a steel frame outside the original house and inside the attic. Thus, the load of the 2nd floor was not supported by the 1st floor. In other words, the residence was enlarged without damaging the charm of the original one-storied house. |
