Japanese Contemporary
Architecture

School of Architecture
Schedule
Fall 2005
September 7   Introduction and Course Outline
    Language, Culture, Religion
September 10 Lecture Shigeru Ban @ (Asia Society)
Saturday 4:00 PM

Asia Society

725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) meet in the lobby at 12:30 PM
September 14 Film: Dream Windows/ Japan History
September 21 Lecture Visiting Author and Professor Azby Brown (Tokyo)
Small Spaces - The Very Small Home
September 28   Traditional Architecture -Nara, Kyoto, Ise, Izumo
    Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji, Kyomizu dera, Katsura Rikkyo
Selection Pluralism (selection of Architects for research presentations)  
     See Student Work List
October 5   Meiji and the West
    Ginza, Kabukiza, J. Conder, FL Wright
October 12   Modernism
    Mayekawa, Kikutake, Tange, Shirai, Corbu
October 19   Metabolism
    Three Generations of Avant-garde Architects
Hasegawa, Isozaki, Ito, Ando, Shinohara, Maki
October 22 Tour

Brooklyn Botanical Garden Tea House
Meet at the Brooklyn Museum of Art entrance to later visit the Japanese Garden

October 26 Film:  Arata Isozaki I & II
November 2  Film: Japanese Avant-Garde DVD
Contemporary Topics
presentation By: Yutaka Takiura
November 9   Student Presentation, 3 Architects (Graduate)
November 16  

Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Graduate & Undergraduate)

November 23 Tour URASENKE (Cha no yu Center)
Tea Ceremony 2:00 PM (Be at the door at 1:45 PM)
153 E. 69th St. NY 212 988-6161
November 24 - 27   Thanks Giving
November 30   Student Presentation, 3 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 7   Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 14  

Student Presentation, 3 Architects (Undergraduate)

   
Student Work - Fall 2005  Contact: Sergio Duran   duran@njit.edu