A Study on The Space Composition of Traditional Houses and Village of Okinawa Island PARK Chanpil This paper is the investigation for village and traditional houses in Okinawa Island. The purpose of this study is to find out the some characteristics concerning space composition. Architecture conforms to the natural and social environments, and to historical traditions. The idea behind an architecture is personal, and also objective. In history, a form of architecture appears, grows little by little and continuously changes as the centuries go by. Okinawa Island has the most unique culture in the Japan Peninsula. The tradition private house adjusted to a climate in the land. That is, the climate and a natural condition such as geographical features and was built. Those that the resident is in the climate, too who live are done. The Okinawa tradition dwelling construction considered mainly a site planning, a plane, elevation, a section plan, and an architectural form by natural environment. Moreover, the tradition dwelling was compared with the present age dwelling and it considered it in nature and the culture.
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