A Survery for the Historic Conservation of Hoi An Ancient Town

本项目对越南中部历史名城会安进行了调查研究。从世纪末到17世纪初，据说在会安存在一个日本城镇。然而，今天仍然存在的房屋是由中国移民建造的日本城市时代之后。建筑调查和居民访谈调查进行了约250所房屋的历史街区的会安。与此同时，应越南方面的要求，就修复若干选定的历史房屋开展了技术合作。此外，为了澄清的历史形成的会安镇，考古调查和历史文献调查也进行了。从调查的结果，得出的结论是，在会安的历史季度目前的乡镇逐渐形成的世纪结束。此外，会安历史建筑的结构与顺化皇城的越南中部风格建筑非常相似。值得注意的是，这一日越联合研究项目的目标之一是促进越南研究人员和建筑师参与会安镇的研究和保护。为此，近三年来，建筑和居民访谈调查的主动权逐渐转移到河内建筑院。此外，越南文化信息部、岘港建筑设计院和会安遗迹管理局的技术人员应邀参加了会安历史房屋的修复工作。可以说，这些技术人员中的一些人将在不久的将来能够管理修复工作。

In this project, research and survey was carried out on the historical town of Hoi An in the central part of Vietnam. From the end of 16th century to the beginning of 17th century, it is said that a Japanese town existed in Hoi An. However, the houses which remain today were built by the Chinese immigrants after the age of Japanese town.Architectural survey and resident interview survey were carried out on approximately 250 houses in the historical quarter of Hoi An. At the same time, in answering to the request from the Vietnamese side, technical cooperation was carried out on the restoration of several selected historical houses. Moreover, in order to clarify the history of formation of Hoi An town, archaeological survey and historical document survey were carried out also.From the result of the survey, it is concluded that the current township in the historical quarter of Hoi An was gradually formed from the end of 18th century. It is also confirmed that the structure of historical houses in Hoi An bear strong resemblance to the central Vietnam style housing originating from the imperial city of Hue.It should be noted that one of the objective of this Japan-Vietnam joint research project lies in the promotion of participation of Vietnamese researchers and architects in the research and preservation of Hoi An town. For this reason, in the past three years, the initiative of architectural and resident interview survey was gradually transferred to the Hanoi Architectural Institute. Moreover, technical staffs were invited from the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture-Information, Danang Architecture Designing Institute, and Hoi An Service of Vestiges Management to participate in the restoration work of historical houses in Hoi An. It can be said that several of these technical staffs will become capable of managing the restoration work in the near future.