Study on the distinctive character and the aging of buildings

Abstract

First, this study defines the buildings which get “distinctive character” over time as “aging building”. This study was made to be considered the relation between the age of buildings, the property of soiling of external materials and “distinctive Character”. We did sensory evaluation, to find out the relation. The results suggest that (1) people feel distinctive character for buildings by aging effect (2) people feel it even if the building seem newer in case which has classical building style (3) people feel it in case the building is covered with the glass which seems new, however, those buildings should be performed maintenance because the evaluation value tend to decrease over time.