- 著者
- Cho Oo Saburo Murakawa Kyosuke Sakaue Daisaku Nishina Yasuo Koshikawa Atsushi Yakushijin
- 出版者
- 日本建築学会、大韓建築学会、中国建築学会
- 雑誌
- Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (ISSN:13467581)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2, no.1, pp.161-168, 2003 (Released:2004-07-15)
- 参考文献数
- 6
- 被引用文献数
- 6
In this paper, a study on the various indigenous materials used for the construction of the traditional houses of Myanmar is made. The aim of the study is to collect the basic data for further study about the influences and effects of the use of indigenous building materials on the human comfort inside of the house in correlation with the environment and weather condition. Detail investigation is made on the villages of some races; Bamar, Mon, Shan and Inn-thar.The authors show the type of structure of house in Myanmar and characters of the investigated houses based on the fieldworks and questionnaire, which are located at ten traditional villages and a new developed town. Various kinds of wood and bamboo used for construction materials and leaves and grasses used for roofing are shown as the common indigenous materials. Actual conditions of the indigenous materials used for structure, roofing, flooring and walling in each village and new town are clarified.