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Reverse-engineering of the Crystal Palace to connect the history of construction technology with the history of architecture

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K13909
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

KOMIYAMA YOSUKE  京都大学, 工学研究科, 講師 (40815833)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywordsクリスタル・パレス / 構法史 / 建築構法史
Outline of Final Research Achievements

By comparing the Crystal Palace with similar buildings of the same period, focusing on the materiality and shape of the components and the joints, we can see that the techniques applied to the Crystal Palace were not always chosen on the basis of pure rationality. There were other similarly conceived iron and glass buildings of the same period, sometimes with more rational detailing than the Crystal Palace. The Crystal Palace is one of countless examples of a transitional phase in the acceptance of iron in architecture. This also confirms the involvement of many other people in the construction process besides Joseph Paxton, who is usually regarded as the designer.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

クリスタル・パレスの構法史を介して「建築史」と同時代社会状況との接続を行うことができた。西洋建築史・近代建築史学分野においてはこれまでに無い、歴史・意匠(思想)・生産(構法)の橋渡しとなる学際的研究として、建築構法史学を位置づけることができた。そこには、技術と建築と社会の関係性、また発注者・設計者・技術者・施工者・利用者が何を共通言語として建築を語り得るのかという現代につながる社会的意義も見いだすことができる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 「鉄とガラス」のクリスタル・パレスにおいて木材が果たした役割2018

    • Author(s)
      小見山陽介
    • Journal Title

      traverse 新建築学研究 - Kyoto university architectural journal

      Volume: 19 Pages: 32-37

    • NAID

      120006938973

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] クリスタル・パレスのリバース・エンジニアリングその 1 現存する同時代図面資料の位置付け2020

    • Author(s)
      小見山陽介
    • Organizer
      日本建築学会大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 現存する同時代類似建築 V&A 子ども博物館の調査によるクリスタル・パレスの相対化2019

    • Author(s)
      小見山陽介
    • Organizer
      日本建築学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Materiality of the Crystal Palace - Timber in relation to Iron and Glass2019

    • Author(s)
      Yosuke KOMIYAMA
    • Organizer
      The Construction History Society Sixth Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] クリスタル・パレスの施工プロセスについて 同時代史料の整理2018

    • Author(s)
      小見山陽介
    • Organizer
      日本建築学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigating “Standard-ness” and “Uniqueness” of the Crystal Palace by Examining its Contemporary Propagation, the Royal Mint Sydney2018

    • Author(s)
      Yosuke KOMIYAMA
    • Organizer
      The International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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