ゴール・フォート(スリランカ)の街区構成と住居類型に関する考察

Abstract

Clarifying the block formation and transformation of townhouses in Galle Fort, this paper discusses typology of townhouses and block formation. One of the points is the influence and modification of Dutch colonial city planning and Dutch architecture in Sri Lanka. Galle is one of the well preserved Dutch colonial towns in Sri Lanka. Galle, Fort was registered as UNESCO World Heritage in 1988. The research project of this paper is based on launched under the title Field Research on Origin, Transformation, Conversion and Conservation of Urban Space of Colonial Cities, the major target of which are the Dutch colonial cities. To compare the colonial cities of all over the world in terms of space formation is ambitious objective of the project. The Dutch is well known as a creator of prototype of townhouse in high densed urban area. One of major focuses of this paper is what and how the Dutch designed the townhouse in Sri Lanka. The paper is composed of clarifications of the process of establishment and development of Galle Fort and considerations on block formation and typology of townhouses. Analyzing the block formation and transformation of the house plans, this paper gives the typical divisional process of townhouses as a model.