Differing Approaches to the Elimination of Arcade Posts in the Timber-Framed Open Halls of Britain and Japan

Vernacular timber-framed houses in Britain and Japan share an open-hall tradition where the frame is exposed. This paper classifies the types of trusses recorded in 40 halls in each of the two countries and focuses on the arrangement of timbers used as an alternative to arcade posts to support the s...

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Published inVernacular architecture Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 75 - 90
Main Author Horie, Toru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published York Routledge 01.01.2009
Vernacular Architecture Group
Subjects
Ethnology
Habitat, housing, architecture
Morphological source materials
Technology
Great Britain
Eastern Asia
Japan
Western Europe
Vernacular architecture
Technique
Comparison
Timber
Framework
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Summary:Vernacular timber-framed houses in Britain and Japan share an open-hall tradition where the frame is exposed. This paper classifies the types of trusses recorded in 40 halls in each of the two countries and focuses on the arrangement of timbers used as an alternative to arcade posts to support the superstructure. This comparative analysis shows that British aisled, box-frame and cruck-frame types (including their derivatives) could be used with one another in open and closed trusses within a single building yet do not usually coexist within a single truss. By contrast, Japanese framing systems are essentially all definable as aisled frames and their derivatives. Structural and aesthetic complexity is created by the superimposition of various techniques within one truss.
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ISSN:0305-5477
1749-6292
DOI:10.1179/030554709X12528296422725