A Study on the Process of Building Height Control in the Building Standard Law and the City Planning Law

Abstract

This Study aims to reseach and examin the Height Control from the view points of history from 1919 to 1970, in the Building Standard Law and the City Planning Law. By analyzing the reason why the standards of Building height control was repealed and the Floor area ratio restriction was applied in 1970, we whoud like to clarify about the regulations and controls in the Building Standard Law, and the City Planning Law. The result are as follows; (1) The Standards of Height Control as 100 and 65 shaku (31m,20m) were unfounded numerical value. (2) The Floor Area Ratio were applied by the request of the economic and architectural world in a high-growth period.