A historical study about vicissitude of modern Japanese steel towns by international comparison

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25420664
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: KAKU SATORU 北海道大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (90455105)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKANO Shigeo 島根大学, 大学院総合理工学研究科, 教授 (00396607)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKAE Ken 神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (40324933) ; KOYAMA Yusuke 鹿児島大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 准教授 (80529826)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 近代 / 都市 / 工業 / 鉄鋼業 / 企業住宅地 / パターナリズム / 都市再生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to grasp the feature about steel town, comparing U.K, U.S, Germany and Japanese examples. The common points are (1) clear separation of factory areas and dwelling areas, (2) zoning about officers and workers, (3) kind of welfare facilities. The different points are (4) the welfare policies of company, (5) ownership about houses and its land -sale or rent-, (6) construction system and materials of facilities. In general, hardware is common and software is different. On the background of the latter, there are difference between Japanese and European, American paternalism. And we can understand it from the difference of buildings’ detail and sustainable the city.

Free Research Field

建築史・都市史