STUDY OF LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN MODERN HOUSES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (PART 1) : ROLE OF SEATING FURNITURE IN DAILY LIFE IN R. M. SCHINDLER’S AND R. J. NEUTRA’S WRITINGS ON HOUSING

This study aims to clarify Schindler’s and Neutra’s vision of the living environment regarding stay and rest with the seating furniture in the houses they designed. By transferring the precedent studies’ results into the vocabulary-based analysis method, their architectural writings were screened from the perspective of seating furniture. The roles of seating furniture in daily life were examined through diagrams of the interrelationship structure of related concepts in each architect. The results suggest a shift in how architects came to appreciate life in Southern California.