A Study on regionality reflected “Michi-no-eki” design planning

Abstract

This research aims to clarify the regionality incorporated in the design planning of the public roadside station named ‘Michi-no-eki’ in Japan. At first, we extracted phrases expressing regionality from the 17 works of the monthly "Shinkenchiku" magazine and classify 9 items. Using these items, we classified descriptions of 145 model ‘Michi-no-eki’ selected by Japanese government. As a result, half of them do not mention the regionality on the design planning. It means ‘Michi-no-eki’ does not need to take regionality as a building. Besides them, 41 ‘Michi-no-eki’ took ‘motif’ to express the regionality. Motif seems a means of expressing the regionality on design planning of ‘Michi-no-eki’. However, regionality can be expressed by a wide variety of ways including 9 items which we classified.