Koichi Nakama

A Study on Spatial Structure and Countermove of village at the Feng-Shui During the Chosun Dynasty

Feng-shui has a special meaning in the history of northeastern Asian societies and geography. Although geography of the present has been influenced by scientific Western geography, it is undeniable fact that Feng-shui has the harmonious rapport between the human and the environment. The ‘Feng-shui’ theory is composed of four factors like mountain, water, direction, human being. The purpose of this study is understanding Korean traditional ‘Feng-shui’ theory and searching for the method of utilizing it city planning.The subject of study is Haman in Korea. Haman is not good place in terms of Feng-shui. But, they had to live in Haman. They changed their village in terms of Bibo. Therefore, they think they are located on blessed situation in terms of Feng-shui.

Basic study about the ecological evaluation index in the city park

It is an important subject how to evaluate the city park as a habitat.In this study, the pot-ential evaluation was performed with six elements; area, shape, form, the number of plant communities, green coverage, and a slope inclination about the city park which has a possi-bility of becoming the core of a habitat in the city. There was a correlation between the area of the park and the number of plant communities. The authors also tried to use the form index to evaluate the city park and it was considered reasonable and proper.

A Study on the Role of Buildings in the Garden Landscape

本論は, 様々な様式形態を含んだ庭園風景が「美しい」ものとして捉えられる際に, 庭園建築の外部意匠が担っている役割を景観論的に明らかにする。14庭園27建築に対する眺望点の抽出等の実証調査を通じ, 文化的な様式形態の基礎に共通して見られる形態上の特性を, J. AppletonならびにJ, J. Gibsonによる視覚論の知見に基づき解読している。結論として, 建築の外部形態の認知尺度を提示し「風景に対する人間の美的感覚を啓発する」性質と「仮想行動の示唆体として機能する」性質との両面から, 庭園建築の担っている風景美上の役割を整理している。