Close your eyes and picture your ideal home. What do you see? What type of culture is it from? For most of us our idea of a house is shaped by the culture we grew up in. We see what we've seen our whole lives. For this assignment I've looked at lots of different houses from japan. Some of the first main differences that I noticed was that American houses are twice the size of Japanese homes. It probably has to do with factors like land availability and just the culture differences of them not needing as much space. While on the other hand Americans tend to get the biggest houses they can afford. But big size is not the key to happiness in your home which has been shown by the Japanese with their amazing and effective architecture. Their homes are famous for their adaptability. One room can be used for many different things A study room, a living room, a dining room and more. One of the things that I find really appling about Japanese homes are their wooden sliding doors, also called “fusuma” . They are used to separate spaces into smaller rooms but if you leave them open then you just have one giant room. If you had a big group of people coming over it would be so easy to fit them all because of the fusuma’s.
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