Social Impact of Changing Domestic Architecture in a Neighborhood in Sapporo, Japan

Abstract

Prior to 1965, all of the residential architecture in the Sapporo neighborhood of Hanayama had been single‐family housing. Sixteen small apartment buildings were constructed between 1965 and 1980. This article examines the impact of changing domestic architecture on the social organization of a Sapporo neighborhood. Possible factors in social change, such as raw population growth, increased density, and changes in the larger social and physical arenas, are examined and found not to be causal elements. Rather, the crucial elements are the behavior and cultural values of the entertainers who immigrated into the neighborhood during this period. [Japan, urban, social change, neighborhood, domestic architecture]