2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Facade Design of Shop-houses in Historical Tourist Cities in Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24656356
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Town planning/Architectural planning
Research Institution	Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
Principal Investigator	OKUDA Shino 同志社女子大学, 生活科学部, 准教授 (60352035)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	ショップハウス / 色彩 / 町家 / 被験者 / 地域特性 / アジア
Research Abstract	Shop-houses are traditional buildings in Asia, commonly with a shop on the ground floor and residence above the shop. In this study, we conducted the field survey on the facade color of shop-houses in Malacca, and discussed the facade color of shop-houses in Malacca and Machiya in Kyoto comparatively. And, we focused on the effect of the subjective's regionality on the evaluation for Machiya-cafe facade. According to the field survey, low saturated colors were used on Machiya facade in Kyoto, and that facade design of shop-houses in Malacca was different in each era, and many colors were used in the late era of England colony. It was also shown that facade of some shop-houses were repainted in vivid color, and these facade might detract the landscape in Malacca. According to the subjective evaluation experiments, there are differences in the evaluation of "Regionality", "Preference" and "Appropriateness" on some characteristic Machiya-cafe facade.