geya kouzou 下屋構造
KEY WORD : architecture / folk dwellings
 
A structural system characterized by the creation of a peripheral zone *geya 下屋 about one meter wide around the main structure *jouya 上屋 in vernacular houses *minka 民家 with thatched roofs. The geya is formed by extending the roof down beyond the ends of the main transverse beams *jouyabari 上屋梁.
 
 

 
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*geyabashira 下屋柱
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