Taiwan narabini minami hōkō shōjūtaku kenshō zumenshu 台灣並南方向小住宅懸賞圖面集 [Ch. Taiwan bingnan fangxiang xiaozhuzhai xuanshang tumianji; Architectural Illustrations from the Taiwanese & Southern Small Residences Design Contest]
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Three calligraphic plates and many architectural illustrations in plans & elevation views (a few in color). 6, 310 pp., 1 leaf of colophon. Oblong 8vo (255 x 185 mm.), orig. cloth, title on spine (nearly perished), in orig. printed slipcase. Taipei: Ken'yūkai, 1943.
First edition of the official publication of the 1942 small residences design contest organized by the Taipei Architectural Society (J. Taihoku ken'yūkai 台北建友會), reproducing the front and side elevation drawings, floor plans, and written descriptions of 150 submitted designs selected from a total of 310 entries by 87 contestants. This 1942 contest was the only architectural competition held in Japanese-occupied Taiwan (1895-1945) to result in an official publication, making this volume an unusually rare and valuable source for the island's architectural history. We locate only two other copies outside Taiwan, at the Library of Congress and the University of Kansas.
Starting in the 1920s, more and more Japanese civilians working in government offices and private enterprises migrated to Taiwan with plans to permanently settle on the island or participate in the empire's further southward expansion. The increase in demand for residential housing in major cities such as Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung was met with the realization that the traditional construction materials and interior layouts of Japanese-style houses were unsuitable for the island's humid subtropical climate and frequent earthquakes and typhoons. This conundrum eventually led to the 1942 small residences design contest, organized by the Taipei Architectural Society, which consisted of ten local construction guilds. The contest called for designs for small civilian residences in five size categories (15, 18, 20, 22, & 24 ping or tsubo in size) that adapted Japanese architectural styles to local materials and conditions, including war. In the Preface, Kaiyama Yoshimi 貝山好美, of the Taipei Architectural Society, summarizes the criteria:
"These architectural designs are well-adapted to the subtropical environments and climates of Taiwan and the south, while at the same time fully realizing the national style of the Japanese. Furthermore, they take into consideration the necessity of air defense and fire prevention and are flexible in their use of alternative construction tools and materials according to current circumstances."
The all-Japanese jury was chaired by Ide Kaoru 井手薰 (1879-1944), Chief Architect of the Governor-General's Offices in Taiwan, with four additional members from governmental offices and two members from semi-official architectural organizations. The winning entries were announced August 1942, accompanied by public symposia and exhibitions. The jury's commentary in our volume, authored by Ide Kaoru, goes into considerable detail about the challenges of designing small residences under the contest criteria, especially the difficult trade-offs between heat dissipation and sturdiness and between the size and quantity of rooms. Nearly a third of his comments are devoted to the proper placement of bathrooms in small residences, especially given the perpetual summer heat on the island.
The 150 selected designs are divided into five groups according to their sizes. Each design is presented on two facing pages, with the plan drawing on the right (including measurements, orientation, and names of the rooms) and the front and side elevation drawings on the left, with written explanations of design principles and construction materials.
The volume opens with the Preface of Kaiyama Yoshimi, dated Showa 18 (1943), followed by the comments of Ide Kaoru, dated Showa 17 (1942).
The colophon leaf is signed by Tominaga Isao 富永勇男, a student at the Taipei Institute of Technology (J. Taihoku kōgyō gakkō 台北工業学校). Tominaga went on to become one of the first students enrolled at Tainan Technical College (J. Tainan kōtō kōgyō gakkō 台南高等工業学校, now National Cheng Kung University) in the architecture program, established in 1944 as the first such program in Taiwan. His practice drawings of the Taiwan Governor Museum (now the National Taiwan Museum), completed as a student in the program, are still exhibited at the National Cheng Kung University today.
Very good copy, with some wear on the covers, binding, and slipcase.
❧ 聶志高 and 郭雅雯, "日治時期臺北建友會「小住宅懸賞圖面集」平面規劃之研究," 建築學報 53 (2005), pp. 21-39. Chia-Lin Hsu, "Education on Classical Architecture and Architectural Practice in Taiwan," Interface 3 (2017), pp. 51-73. 楊舒淇, "日治末期住宅庭園平面規劃之研究--以《臺灣並南方向小住宅懸賞圖面集》為分析對象," 清華藝術學報 2 (2020), pp. 129-52.
First edition of the official publication of the 1942 small residences design contest organized by the Taipei Architectural Society (J. Taihoku ken'yūkai 台北建友會), reproducing the front and side elevation drawings, floor plans, and written descriptions of 150 submitted designs selected from a total of 310 entries by 87 contestants. This 1942 contest was the only architectural competition held in Japanese-occupied Taiwan (1895-1945) to result in an official publication, making this volume an unusually rare and valuable source for the island's architectural history. We locate only two other copies outside Taiwan, at the Library of Congress and the University of Kansas.
Starting in the 1920s, more and more Japanese civilians working in government offices and private enterprises migrated to Taiwan with plans to permanently settle on the island or participate in the empire's further southward expansion. The increase in demand for residential housing in major cities such as Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung was met with the realization that the traditional construction materials and interior layouts of Japanese-style houses were unsuitable for the island's humid subtropical climate and frequent earthquakes and typhoons. This conundrum eventually led to the 1942 small residences design contest, organized by the Taipei Architectural Society, which consisted of ten local construction guilds. The contest called for designs for small civilian residences in five size categories (15, 18, 20, 22, & 24 ping or tsubo in size) that adapted Japanese architectural styles to local materials and conditions, including war. In the Preface, Kaiyama Yoshimi 貝山好美, of the Taipei Architectural Society, summarizes the criteria:
"These architectural designs are well-adapted to the subtropical environments and climates of Taiwan and the south, while at the same time fully realizing the national style of the Japanese. Furthermore, they take into consideration the necessity of air defense and fire prevention and are flexible in their use of alternative construction tools and materials according to current circumstances."
The all-Japanese jury was chaired by Ide Kaoru 井手薰 (1879-1944), Chief Architect of the Governor-General's Offices in Taiwan, with four additional members from governmental offices and two members from semi-official architectural organizations. The winning entries were announced August 1942, accompanied by public symposia and exhibitions. The jury's commentary in our volume, authored by Ide Kaoru, goes into considerable detail about the challenges of designing small residences under the contest criteria, especially the difficult trade-offs between heat dissipation and sturdiness and between the size and quantity of rooms. Nearly a third of his comments are devoted to the proper placement of bathrooms in small residences, especially given the perpetual summer heat on the island.
The 150 selected designs are divided into five groups according to their sizes. Each design is presented on two facing pages, with the plan drawing on the right (including measurements, orientation, and names of the rooms) and the front and side elevation drawings on the left, with written explanations of design principles and construction materials.
The volume opens with the Preface of Kaiyama Yoshimi, dated Showa 18 (1943), followed by the comments of Ide Kaoru, dated Showa 17 (1942).
The colophon leaf is signed by Tominaga Isao 富永勇男, a student at the Taipei Institute of Technology (J. Taihoku kōgyō gakkō 台北工業学校). Tominaga went on to become one of the first students enrolled at Tainan Technical College (J. Tainan kōtō kōgyō gakkō 台南高等工業学校, now National Cheng Kung University) in the architecture program, established in 1944 as the first such program in Taiwan. His practice drawings of the Taiwan Governor Museum (now the National Taiwan Museum), completed as a student in the program, are still exhibited at the National Cheng Kung University today.
Very good copy, with some wear on the covers, binding, and slipcase.
❧ 聶志高 and 郭雅雯, "日治時期臺北建友會「小住宅懸賞圖面集」平面規劃之研究," 建築學報 53 (2005), pp. 21-39. Chia-Lin Hsu, "Education on Classical Architecture and Architectural Practice in Taiwan," Interface 3 (2017), pp. 51-73. 楊舒淇, "日治末期住宅庭園平面規劃之研究--以《臺灣並南方向小住宅懸賞圖面集》為分析對象," 清華藝術學報 2 (2020), pp. 129-52.
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Taiwan narabini minami hōkō shōjūtaku kenshō zumenshu 台灣並南方向小住宅懸賞圖面集 [Ch. Taiwan bingnan fangxiang xiaozhuzhai xuanshang tumianji; Architectural Illustrations from the Taiwanese & Southern Small Residences Design Contest]
Author
TAIHOKU KEN'YŪKAI 台北建友會 [Ch. Taibei jianyouhui]
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