In experiencing spaces, we receive information through the five senses and make a value judgment. Particular spaces create particular emotions that later define our behavior towards the spaces. A feeling of ‘Tanoshisa’ is a such emotional association in spaces. Architects create spaces based on their own experiences, often emphasizing on the aspects of “Tanoshisa” in the spaces. However, when talking of ‘Tanoshisa’ the meaning of the word varied from people to people since the understanding of the word is different by individuals. As a result, polymorph naturally occurs in language as our ideas of the words mix with the ideas of others. This research aims to uncover hidden aspects of the word “Tanoshisa” and to derive a conceptual framework of the word by analyzing the polymorph of “Tanoshisa” in text description of buildings by architects.
The flow of this research is as below:
1. Extract sentences that contain words associated with the meaning of “Tanoshisa” used by architects to explain their design of architecture in the architectural magazine, Shinkenchiku during 1950 ? 2011.
2. Extract Object, Subject and Character. Object is the word described as “Tanoshisa” or related to it. Subject is the one creates “Tanoshisa”. Character is an attribute of the object.
3. Consider and analyze the relationships between Object and Subject, Subject and Character. After that, derive the tendencies of their relationships.
4. Categorize the relationships by creating a matrix in which the vertical axis is the tendency of Object and Subject, and the horizon axis is of Subject and Character, and derive aspects of polymorph of “Tanoshisa”.
As a result, four tendencies of the relationships between Object and Subject were found : ”Tanoshisa” of planning a creation, “Tanoshisa” of intervening with a human operation, “Tanoshisa” of having the link to nature and “Tanoshisa” of making architectural creativity. And three tendencies of the relationships between Subject and Character were found: Internalization of extroverting influence, Situations affected by others and Production of unconstrained spatial aspects.
Through the investigation of the matrix, 23 different types of interpretations of polymorph of “Tanoshisa” were derived. At the same time, “Tanoshisa” is expressed with three major frameworks as below:
1) The Natural: Nature itself brings us closer physically and emotionally.
2) The Architectural: When composing an architecture as a whole, architects plan to leave extra spaces to allow users to create their own usages, on the other hand, when assembling a partial element of architecture, architects design in unique and creative ways.
3) The Active: when architects encounter unexpected events or difficulties, they find them as opportunities of creativity.
To summarize, architects reflect the idea of ‘Tanoshisa’ on to their architectural design considering the changes in uses of architecture throughout its life time and the frequent changes of users, and transforming building or mixing more than two different elements appropriate to the changes.
