2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Historical Study on the Decision of the Location of the National Diet Building of Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21560551
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	SHIMIZU Eihan 東京大学, 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (50196507)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	国会議事堂 / 井上馨 / J.コンドル / W.ベックマン / 官庁集中計画 / 議院建築準備委員会
Research Abstract	This research looked at Josiah Conder's city plan for Tokyo drawn up in 1885 in which he located the Imperial Diet Building inside the Hibiya Parade Ground. The particulars of how the plan came about and of Conder's vision regarding the plan were examined and elucidated. Furthermore, an examination was made of Wilhelm Bockmann's city plan of 1886 which for the first time located the Diet Building on the hilltop of Nagatacho. Unknown facts, albeit fragmentary, about Bockmann's survey and how he went about gathering information were also presented. A study of the minutes of the government committees in charge of the construction of the Diet Building further revealed that the actual final decision made on its location was by the Preparatory Committee of the Imperial Diet Building in 1910.

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