SPATIAL COMPOSITION OF BUILDING COMPLEX BASED ON SCALE AND ARRANGEMENT

The aim of this paper is to clarify characteristics of building complex in the center district of Tokyo in terms of spatial compositions of urban open spaces. Initially, combinations of buildings based on scale, which is defined as total floor area and proportion of a building, are analyzed. Secondly, arrangements of buildings are analyzed, and thirdly the surroundings and the site shapes are analyzed. Finally, 8 spatial types based on 4 fundamental groups, which corresponds to the floor area ratio, are clarified through the above-mentioned characteristics. They represent one aspect of urban open spaces with dispersed buildings in the contemporary Japanese city.