A study on the design methods of “the garden city” planning by Yoshikazu Uchida: Focusing on the process of making his planning

Abstract

AbstractYoshikazu Uchida—the famous Japanese architect and the director of Dojunkai—made a residential plan named the “garden city plan” just before the Great Kanto Earthquake. In this study, the authors report the design methods of his plan with focusing on the process done by Uchida from 1919 to 1922. By making a comparison between the three drawings, the following four design methods of his plan are found out. First, his plan has a graded configuration of the street system. Second, shops are placed around circular plazas and along a main road. Thirdly, there is a diversity in the arrangement of public buildings. Fourthly, specific open space is surrounded by buildings. These design methods share characteristics with those of Dojunkai's residential districts. Therefore, one of the reasons why Dojunkai realized the design methods of modern residential planning in its estates after the Great Kanto Earthquake is because Uchida had practiced the above‐mentioned design methods on his drawings through the “garden city plan.”