TY - JOUR AU - Imagawa, Norihide AU - Suematsu, Shinsuke PY - 2011/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Finding Modern Japanese Bridges: Stone, Wood and Steel JF - Docomomo Journal JA - docomomo VL - IS - 45 SE - Essays DO - 10.52200/45.A.B8DSPTC7 UR - https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/112 SP - 62-67 AB - <p>In Japan where many earthquakes occur there is a certain standpoint about long–life architecture and bridges The relation between material and form is important for this standpoint. The reason is not only that materials have their own character, for example, physical and chemical properties, but also that form has its own individual character as load–bearing system. Without the relation between material and form, long–life architecture and bridges can’t be realized.</p> ER -