We can see many shophouses in the centeral district of Phnom Penh. What can be seen in Phnom Penh is modern shophouse which has three or four stories, flat roof, 4 meter wide and about 15 meter or more depth. Though many chinese shophouses which were like the old shophouses seen on Penang and Singapole etc were built on around 1900, they were rebuilt and redesigned by the French before the end of WWII and by the Khmer soon after the end of WWII.
プノンペンの中心市街地には、ショップハウスと呼ばれる集合住宅が数多く建設されています。ショップハウスとは、その名の通り１階に商店、２階以上に住居を持つ長屋形式の住居のことで、東南アジアの諸都市に一般的に見られるものです。
In order to build as many houses as possible which have accesses on a main road, the front width was fixed at 4 meter. By having direct accesses on a main road shophouses can make active townscape which combine lives and business in Phnom Penh.限られた居住面積を活用するため、建物の間口は約４ｍと狭く、奥行きが１０～３０ｍと長いのが特徴です。ショップハウスにより街が構成されることで、プノンペンは人々の生活と商業とがバランス良く混在した様相を呈しています。
