Traditional Japanese house building

[RossJarvis]

I've just been watching this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3at1K-SzCk

Houses first 8 mins or so, other stuff after. Fascinating, what seems additionally interesting is that I don't think the Japanese ever used angled/triangulated bracing, which may have been due to allowing the buildings to "move" during earthquakes.

Seems a bit dodgy to me, particularly when you look at the logs that the roof is made of. Wouldn't fancy that falling down on me.

 

[thetyreman]

I like the way they can disasemble a building and rebuild it easily, the accuracy of their joinery is stunning, I've yet to see better joinery anywhere.

 

[RossJarvis]

There are some really fiendish Japanese joints, this site has some animated to show them going together;

https://twitter.com/TheJoinery_jp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

They seem to be out of Yasuo Nakahara's book on Japanese Joinery, which is well worth getting, if only for bedtime reading.

 

[AJB Temple]

Japan is the most extraordinary country to visit. We will be going back for a month in 2017. Last time I went (a month 2 years ago) I did a week course on knife marking and 2 days smithing for a swordmaker - my wife participated too. The tradition of artisan craftsmanship is very much alive in Japan but we see it much less here. I mourn the loss of craft skills in England. I am hoping to do a woodworking course in Japan next time.

Simple building design is a real art. They are of course earthquake central.

 

[LFS19]

Japan is the most extraordinary country to visit. We will be going back for a month in 2017. Last time I went (a month 2 years ago) I did a week course on knife marking and 2 days smithing for a swordmaker - my wife participated too. The tradition of artisan craftsmanship is very much alive in Japan but we see it much less here. I mourn the loss of craft skills in England. I am hoping to do a woodworking course in Japan next time.

Simple building design is a real art. They are of course earthquake central.

I certainly envy you.
I've always wanted to go to Japan!


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[thetyreman]

Japan is the most extraordinary country to visit. We will be going back for a month in 2017. Last time I went (a month 2 years ago) I did a week course on knife marking and 2 days smithing for a swordmaker - my wife participated too. The tradition of artisan craftsmanship is very much alive in Japan but we see it much less here. I mourn the loss of craft skills in England. I am hoping to do a woodworking course in Japan next time.

Simple building design is a real art. They are of course earthquake central.

I certainly envy you.
I've always wanted to go to Japan!


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same lol but we can start saving now.

 

[RossJarvis]

Yep, I'm very jealous too :mrgreen: