ラオス中部における農山村住宅の形態変遷

抄録

This paper aims to examine the modal characteristics of the rural houses in Lao P.D.R., and their transition which is recently outstanding within the stream of development. The target village is located along the national rout No.13 in the mountainous area, about 150km north from Vientiane Municipality, and we mostly focus on the houses of "Lao Loum", the majority ethnic group in that village. The main results can be concluded as : The houses are classified into 5 types such as one-story brick house, earth floor house, stilt house, two-stories house (half-brick and half-wooden, former stilt house), two-stories brick-house, then, while the stilt house is still in the majority, the number of brick houses or half-brick-half-wooden house so-called "permanent house" is increasing. According to the examinations using various social and economical indicators, it is supposed that the taste of the villagers surely head to the above "permanent house".