Comparative Analysis among Technical Guidelines on the Concept of “Machi” Layout in Early Years of Kyoto City’s Land Readjustment Projects

Abstract

In Kyoto city readjustment areas in 1930’s adopted street conscious method in“ machi” layout. One“ machi” was settled on both sides of a street. A street was the axis of a “machi”. This structure is similar to the traditional “machi” layout in historical Kyoto city. This way of“ machi” layout had gradually been given up in 1940’s. In this paper we show some variation of technical guidelines about “machi” layout and compare them each other. Firstly we show the difference in naming concept of streets and “machi” between 1931’s guideline and 1935’s one, and the common idea about street conscious “machi” layout, and show the historical and traditional character of this concept. Secondly we show the character of 1935’s guideline as not for all over the city but for northern area. Thirdly we show the clear difference between 1974’s guideline and former ones. It have remarkable modern character.