Sechie: The spatialization of activities via a repository and stage

• Published in: Japan architectural review Vol. 6; no. 1
• Main Author: Watanabe, Taishi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Architecture; creative translation; Design; dwelling; Jinen (what should be); Origins; Principles; Repositories; repository; stage; Japan

Abstract The building, Sechie, is an architectural representation in which the activities of living become a “dwelling space” that clearly articulates what it is rather than a house as container. Also, Sechie delivers a modern adaptation of Japanese spatial principles by going back historically to t...