OUTCOMES OF POST-DESIGN ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SYMBIOTIC HOUSING : Case analysis on recent environmentally symbiotic multiple dwelling houses in Japan

This study investigated the symbiotic housings in recent 30years selected from three major architectural magazines in Japan (488 cases in total) and they were sorted according to era, region, designing technique, and type of dwelling. Then representative types of the housing complex were selected for the further investigation of their actual conditions of resident's lifestyle and feelings, associated with collecting their observations by questionnaires and interviews. Consequently, some distinctions between the council house and private housing were revealed and the designing techniques for the symbiotic housing need to be improved more suitable for the resident's lifestyle and their habit. Moreover this study revealed that, in order to sustain the function of the applied techniques, the better balance with surrounding conditions and their management and maintenance were required. Thus, the post design process and method described in this study is to be considered essential for the cyclic improvement and development of symbiotic housing in the future.