TIMBER-FRAME STRUCTURE AND TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION OF A FARMHOUSE IN IIYAMA, IN THE CENTRAL JAPANESE SNOWBELT

• SHOJI Takahiro

  Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu Univ.

• IDA Hideyuki

  Dept. of Institute of Nature Education in Shiga Heights, Faculty of Education, Shinshu Univ.

• TSUCHIMOTO Toshikazu

  Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu Univ.

• HOYANO Shigeo

  Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu Univ.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 豪雪地帯における民家の形態とその構成樹種―長野県飯山市柄山の農家の事例―
• ゴウセツ チタイ ニ オケル ミンカ ノ ケイタイ ト ソノ コウセイジュシュ ナガノケン イイヤマシ カラヤマ ノ ノウカ ノ ジレイ
• －長野県飯山市柄山の農家の事例－

Abstract

We analyzed the structural details of a farmhouse in the central Japanese snowbelt. The core structure was characterized by large pillars and beams, suggesting that the house is suited to resist heavy snowfalls. Almost all of the structural timbers (302 pieces) in the house consisted of four tree species: beech, oak, zelkova and cedar. Specifically, the main pillars and beams were mostly beech, the dominant species in the adjacent forests. This suggests that beech provided appropriately large timbers for the load-bearing structures of houses. Consequently, beech would have been useful in the construction of houses in heavy snowfall areas.

Journal

• AIJ Journal of Technology and Design

  AIJ Journal of Technology and Design 16 (32), 387-392, 2010

  Architectural Institute of Japan

Keywords

• Heavy snowfall area
• Tree species identification
• Core structure
• Beech
• Forest vegetation

Details

• CRID: 1390282680146548480
• NII Article ID: 200000357853
• NII Article ID: 130004506898
• NII Book ID: AN10531441
• DOI: 10.3130/aijt.16.387
• ISSN: 18818188
• ISSN: 13419463
• NDL BIB ID: 10590037
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10590037
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10590037
• Text Lang: ja
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