Abstract
The Nishijin area, located to the northwest of Kyoto City, is the biggest producing area of textile in Japan, having characterized the urban structure by forming dwelling areas on mixed land-use. In recent years, the decrease of producing and living spaces corelating each has been caused by a change of the complex due to discontinuance of small industrial activities. Under these present circumstances, this study aims to make clear a spacial transformation of textile manufacturer's house and its principles, and tries to offer some proposals to future types of houses in the Nishijin area. A textile manufacturer's house can be divided into three kinds of space; space for buisiness, producing and living. These make five variation types consisted of the corelating patterns. Principles of their spacial transformation can be explained through pattern variation. Their movements are understood as a chain of transformation with an emphasis on buisiness space. Accordingly, themes of planning for textile manufacturer's buildings are luled by pattern variation. Manufacturer's demands to unite spaces in order to make desirable spacial combinations appear in a series of change. A main planning subject is to realize these demands in future change.
