STRUCTURAL FEATURES IN FRAMES IN THE DIRECTION OF A FRONTAGE OF TRADITIONAL WOODEN TOWNHOUSES IN KYOTO WHICH HAVE THREE ROOMS IN A LINE

Abstract

This paper describes structural features in frames in the direction of a frontage of kyo-machiya which have three rooms in a line. In frames which have a column called ‘daikoku hashira’ or ‘syoukoku hashira’, about 50 percent of the houses have multi-story shear walls in their rooms. In frames of front or back of the houses, about 50 percent of the houses have a ‘through column’ excepting ‘through columns’ on both sides which pass straight through two stories. In addition, these frames have many openings and some houses have no walls at the first story in these frames.