Fire Safety Performance of Japanese Traditional Wood/Soil Walls and Implications for the Restoration of Historic Buildings in Urban Districts

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Fire Safety Performance of Japanese Traditional Wood/Soil Walls and Implications for the Restoration of Historic Buildings in Urban Districts
Citation	Hasemi Y, Yasui N, Akizuki M, Kinoshita K, Yamamoto K, Yoshida M, Tamura Y, Takeda M. Fire Technol. 2002; 38(4): 391-402.
Affiliation	School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan; Sukiya Design and Carpentry Co., Building Master, Shinden-An, Kyoto, Japan; General Building Research Corporation of Japan, Osaka, Japan.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)
DOI	10.1023/A:1020178618608
PMID	unavailable
Abstract	Grass-root research activities to clarify fire safety performance of Japanese traditional wooden construction are introduced. The activities aim to resolve conflict between the restoration of historic buildings and the reduction of risk and hazard of urban fires. Among various activities, scope and results of fire resistance tests on traditional soil wall assemblies supported by timber frame are reported in detail. The test results indicate an encouraging prospect for the rational fire safety assessment of historic buildings and further development of fire-safe traditional constructions for the restoration of historic buildings and historic urban districts.