How have japanese houses changed since World War 2?

The size haven't changed that much. Japanese houses are not large. Particularly the houses in the big cities are tiny. Bony framework of the house is a wood. Because there are lots quakes. Ferro-concrete is for large appartments and buildings basically. Prefabricated were popular in the 70-80s, but not today anymore.


The design varies and have changed a lot.





Tokyo in 1945


http://et.mine.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/et/asi鈥?/a>


http://www010.upp.so-net.ne.jp/papo/imag鈥?/a>





Houses in 50-60's.


http://homepage3.nifty.com/ajunamar/doso鈥?/a>


http://e-comm.cityfujisawa.ne.jp/backnum鈥?/a>





80s


http://www.sashichi.co.jp/images/school/鈥?/a>


http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200604/19/46/鈥?/a>





Nowadays.


http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/_鈥?/a>


(You can see the process of the construction. Wall is hard material but the frames are wood.)


http://www.rover-archi.com/works/kotei/m鈥?/a>


http://www.oda-co.com/lineup/images/desi鈥?/a>





Solar energy systems (photovoltaic power generation) is becoming popular gradually.


http://www.city.maebashi.gunma.jp/ctg/Fi鈥?/a>





Condo and high-rise apartments are popular in big cities.


http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/bluestylec鈥?/a>


https://realestate.homes.co.jp/data/0106鈥?/a>


http://www.bluebird.co.jp/images/95-1.jp鈥?/a>





Traditional Japanese houses also still exist.


http://www.eastwindinc.com/gallery.htmlHow have japanese houses changed since World War 2?
Before they were wooden framed, but now they are prefabricated and earthquake resistant. Most homes also now have a western style toilet--it's easier on the knees!How have japanese houses changed since World War 2?
To add to the encyclopedic a fragment of personal observation...cheap housing in Tokyo has changed. Even 10 years ago in central Tokyo you could still live in one of the cheaply constructed postwar wooden houses: one particular school housed over 40 in accomodation that had become too unfashionable for J-students.





A lot of these have been sold on. You can get that kind of life in the countryside but the apartment build is now basically ferro-concrete in frame. Although sometimes room flooring is tatami (traditional materials) and the entranceway would be wooden, or the doors sliding wood and including paper inserts the transfer to (smallish) recognisably western-influenced bedrooms is noticeable. The windows now tend to be a standard type of metal framed sliding glass unit that is bit more robust to the hand than its wooden predecessors.

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