Short Film Explores the Standardization of Traditional Japanese Housing in Osaka

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Created by Japanese architectural historian Norihito Nakatani, the film "A City of Columns" explores the distinctive dwelling culture of nagaya, a housing typology that flourished in the Japanese early modern period. The video depicts one of the few remaining nagaya neighbourhoods in Osaka, revealing the standardization embedded in all aspects of this form of housing and documenting how architectural elements transition between different spatial configurations.

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Cite: Andreea Cutieru. "Short Film Explores the Standardization of Traditional Japanese Housing in Osaka" 21 Aug 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/945874/short-film-explores-the-standardization-of-traditional-japanese-housing-in-osaka> ISSN 0719-8884

Osaka, Japan. Image Courtesy of Norihito Nakatani Seminar

纪录片《柱都》,大阪传统日式住宅的标准化探索

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