A Study on the Plan Composition of Japanese Style House in Japanese Colonial Period : On the Cases in Officers' House and Civil House

This study is mainly focused on the methods of plan composition of houses in Taiwan built in Japanese colonial period. The house cases published at that time are studied through the investigation of original plans accompanied with historical documents, photographs as proofs, thus the generic form of houses in Japanese style can be clarified. The studied 328 house projects were selected from " Taiwan Society of Architecture" published by colonial government in 1929 to 1943, and from " Official Documents of Taiwan Zung-Du-Fu", which was an official documentation of Taiwan Zung-Du-Fu (colonial government) in Japanese colonial period, and from "Contest of Civil House" published by Taipei-Chien-Yo Association. This study has four conclusions. 1. The plan composition of double-loaded corridor type was gradually popularized. 2. The function of the plan composition is separated the reception space and living space. 3. The ratio of interior space area is fixed. 4: The space composition is protruded the bureaucratic class