Abstract
This study is an attempt to construct a spatial database that captures the heterogeneous character of the residential district in the medieval city of Kamakura. The landscape in Kamakura is mainly housing and alleys multi-layered on a historical urban frame. The landscape is apparently a miscellany of irrelevant artifacts, and thus, contemporary planning is limited to individual preservation. In contrast, the historical urban frame is almost imperceptible from the perspective of residential artifacts.
In this study, archival research is undertaken in terms of site, architecture and street network to reveal characteristics in different stages. By further analysis, artifacts are sorted and interrelated to clarify the structure and spatial features unique to this district. As a conclusion, possible typologies and spatial trends are suggested, which can lead to methods of synthetic preservation/reconstruction of the landscape.
