TY - JOUR AU - Hanada, Yoshiaki PY - 2015/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Conservation and Renovation Project of Hizuchi Elementary School: First Challenge to Treat a Post-war Wooden Architecture as a Cultural Property JF - Docomomo Journal JA - docomomo VL - IS - 52 SE - Essays DO - 10.52200/52.A.SV4RXBPF UR - https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/227 SP - 20-27 AB - <p>Hizuchi Elementary School is an example of timber modern architecture completed between 1956 and 1958. It was recognized as one of the twenty representative modern buildings in Japan by docomomo in 1999, and from 2006 to 2009 it was meticulously restored. The consortium members for its conservation and renovation were awarded the Annual Award of the Architectural Institute of Japan and World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize in 2012. This paper outlines the project of the Hizuchi Elementary School and the architect Matsumura Masatsune who designed it.</p> ER -