A Study of the Philosophy and Practice of Housing Policy in Germany in the First Half of the 20th Century and Its Influence on Japan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19H02330
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Nakae Ken 神戸大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (40324933)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 角 哲 名古屋市立大学, 大学院芸術工学研究科, 准教授 (90455105) ; 山本 一貴 福山大学, 工学部, 講師 (90533977)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 労働者住宅 / 産業都市 / 住宅改良 / 住宅政策 / 住居法 / ジードルンク / 社会住宅 / 近代建築

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research discusses the historical linkage between housing construction, the housing policy that brought it about, and the ideology and thought behind it, regarding the massive supply of housing for workers in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. It also attempts to clarify the influence of such German trends on Japan.
In the German “Heimatschutzbewegung”, homeland conservation movement in the early 20th century, it was found that the movement not only appealed for the conservation of traditional landscapes as an ideology, but also included technical aspects such as the improvement of thatched roofs. In addition, the planning of housing policy in Japan during World War II was based on the establishment of a research section within the Dojun-kai, which systematically collected and translated materials on housing policy in Europe and the United States.

Free Research Field

近代建築史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近代の建築史・住宅史・都市史において、各国で労働者向けの住宅供給がどのように進展したかは重要な研究主題である。法令、政策、実際に建設されたもの、設計案などさまざまな様態で立ち現れる「住宅」は、社会や経済、政治の動向に大きく揺さぶられる。そうした「住宅」に反映された携わる人々の思想や信条から、近代社会の考察を行う。