THE HOUSING IDEA FOR COMMONS PRESENTED BY THE HOUSING LOAN CORPORATION THROUGH COLLECTIONS OF DRAWINGS OF THE WOODEN STANDARD HOUSE

The aim of this paper is to clarify the housing idea for commons envisioned by the Housing Loan Corporation through drawings of the wooden standard houses, which published 6 times from 1951 to 1975. Through the examination of the plans of the houses, it is clarified that the housing idea was modified according to the change of Japanese life style. Notably the Corporation intended the improvement of Japanese houses for commons by presenting advanced idea in 60s, when some Japanese embraced the advanced idea while the other persisted in the traditional idea.