2006 Volume 71 Issue 609 Pages 201-207
This study is intended to clarify the architect's vocabulary of Facade design in residential works of Kiyosi Seike focusing on elements of elevation and interior use. Facade is analyzed by defining the composition of site and house, and the pattern of opening. The way to compose the elements of elevation is analyzed in relation to the symmetrical and the asymmetrical property of such elements. As the result of classification, 10 types of compositional schemes of elevation are identified, and moreover by analyzing in relation to interior use as living room, these schemes are classified into 3 types of Facade design. Analyzing the relationship between facade design and the placement of living room, it is clarified that he considered living room as a focal point in designing houses throughout his career.
