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An overview of modern Japanese wood construction (2004) [pdf]

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Re: An overview of modern Japanese wood construction (2004) [pdf]

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Post by sctb »

There is a Japanese carpenter with 50 years of experience on YouTube who documents his construction of entire homes, which I would recommend to anyone who is interested in modern Japanese wood construction:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf5QHEpfrg3KydeT3iD2IQ (English)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdrVc2ByfvnNW14R6o_WpkA (Japanese)

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Post by ofalkaed »

nwatson wrote: post #3

Incidentally, typical Japanese homes last 30 years and then are rebuilt: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusabl...

Those houses have nothing to do with traditional Japanese construction and joinery, those are just cheap houses built to fill an immediate need. This is a fairly common thing anywhere that is experiencing rapid growth, you either meet the needs of the people or they move somewhere else, you can't expect them to be homeless until their palace is built.

Edit: I said traditional and the thread is about modern, but OPs link is referring more to design than construction, very much uses traditional techniques with some variations to adapt it too modern tools. Good article.

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Post by arthurofbabylon »

sctb wrote: post #2

There is a Japanese carpenter with 50 years of experience on YouTube who documents his construction of entire homes, which I would recommend to anyone who is interested in modern Japanese wood construction: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf5QHEpfrg3KydeT3iD2IQ (English) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdrVc2ByfvnNW14R6o_WpkA (Japanese)

Further rabbit-hole source material...

https://www.interactiongreen.com/kuma-kengo-louvers/

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Post by bobthepanda »

SapporoChris wrote: post #4
nwatson wrote: post #3

Incidentally, typical Japanese homes last 30 years and then are rebuilt: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusabl...

Maybe, maybe not. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/31/how-tos/ja...

One major thing to consider is that the last major revisions to Japan’s earthquake codes were in 1981, so until the last decade or so, buying a house over 30 years old meant that the house had a significantly higher likelihood of collapsing during a quake.

Re: An overview of modern Japanese wood construction (2004) [pdf]

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Post by ReleaseCandidat »

On traditional Japanese carpentry for houses (not temples, where it is still the norm), one of the best english sources is Akinori Abo:

Japanology Plus - Wood : Carpentry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBzszOLt2Ms

木組展おうちでミュージアム／竹中大工道具館「木組みの家/Kigumi House」（Japanese and English） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HMa5tofqps

Takenaka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takenaka_Corporation) museum has many videos: https://www.youtube.com/@user-wx9vl7xn6s/videos

I do not have anything about temple carpenters handy.

There is also traditional Japanese joinery (the profession), like e.g. Edo sashimono or Kyo sashimono (in Japenese)

Sashimono Woodwork in Japan Japanology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UEEz111uIM

And there is Suda Kenji https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epCgloUe9dU

And lumber porn: Massive Lumber Warehouse in Shinkiba, Tokyo - Understand Wood from a Professional Japanese Carpenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTrDQ3vaVU

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