A Typology of Description on the Site-Plan Drawings in the Japanese Contemporary Houses

Abstract

This study aims to clarify the typology of the way on the architectural site-plan drawings by means of paying attention to its direction, drawing range and the drawing arrangement concerned with the circumference environment of the actual condition.To achieve above, 215 examples published considering directions other than north; standard direction as the drawing upper part among the site-plans of "houses built by high-density city environment" where the more abundant numbers of datum are obtained is made applicable to analysis in this study.As the conclusion, it is extracted that 14 types of the description on the site-plan drawings and 3 sorts of meanings that the site-plans shown.