Characteristics of “Daikoku‐bashira” and atrium of townhouses in Takayama—Correlation between the dimensions and position of the maximum section column and atrium

Abstract

AbstractThe maximum section column of townhouses in Takayama can be classified into type A [earthen floor type] and type B [living space type]. The dimensions of maximum section columns tended to increase as the plane scale increased and the frontage widened. The atrium area tended to expand in the early Meiji period. We observed that the form of a maximum section column standing in one straight line at a rectangle atrium became the form of a maximum section column standing crossing‐axis in the plane of the structure of ridge direction and the span at irregularly shaped atrium, together complicating the plane and atrium shapes.