A STUDY ON DIVERSITY IN A PHENOMENON OF COLOR IN TOWNSCAPE : Case study of office buildings at OBP district in Osaka

Abstract

In this study, the importance of "diversity in a phenomenon of color" is discussed to analyze the color in townscape. Three of high-rise office buildings in Osaka Business Park were chosen as the subjects for two types observational survey. One is to measure the colors of buildings by the Munsell color system under the different condition of time, direction and distance of view point, the other is to record the mode of appearance of color under the characteristic feature appeared. Through the analysis, it is clear that the phenomena of color in townscape could not be explained only by the color scale of hue and chroma. The vocabulary for the mode of appearance of color and its scale system is necessary to be developed to identify the townscape in terms of color.