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A HISTRICAL STUDY ON ENLARGEMENT AND SITE PLAN OF CORPORATE TOWN, DEVELOPED BY STEEL INDUSTRY COMPANIES, IN MURORAN

2010; Architectural Institute of Japan; Volume: 75; Issue: 657 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3130/aija.75.2701

1881-8161

Satoru KAKU,

Urban and spatial planning

There are two purposes of this paper. The first is a transition of expansion of corporate towns, developed by steel industry companies. Another one is site plan of welfare facilities. At development, about end of Meiji era, corporate towns took position that surround factories. Expansion period, since 1934 when established of Nippon Steel Corporation, each corporate towns becomes independent of the factory by corporate policy. It had developed basement of east area in Muroran, and influence of urban planning was a little. In each corporate town, facilities site orderly with a trunk road and daily life facilities located central of those area. The grade of company's house is high above in the sloping land. A living environment of staff district, high, dry and good view, looks like a suburbs around major cities developed by private railway company and realty company. Development of corporate town in Muroran is a base of present residential quarter and urban area.