Document of the earthquake resistant renovation for the old temple using inorganic board

Abstract

Traditional wooden construction such as old temple is not strong from the point of view of earthquake resistance since the roof is heavy and the exterior walls have lots of openings.On the other hand,there is a report at traditional wooden construction telling that a little less than 10 percent of disasters were caused by earthquakes and that a little more than 80 percent were caused by fires or lightning strikes.Now,this rerort gives an example of earthquake resistant renovation for a 78-year-old temple by means of bearing walls using incombustible,termite-proof and rot-resistant inorganic boards.