A study about the change and a problem of how to use space related to production in a traditional craft production area

From the viewpoint of Japanese paper industry of GOKA Echizen City

Abstract

This study surveyed the present state of factory space usage and clarified its change in GOKA of Echizen City, Fukui, aiming to find the type of management in the space usage which suits the production area of Japanese traditional craft. The following points became clear in this study. (1)The relationship between the site of factory and living space. (2)The problem facing the sightseeing and new resident space. (3)5 types of spacial change in the usage of factory and their distribution in the history. (4)The difference in the spacial change of factory in the handmade manufacturing and mechanical manufacturing.