Japanese Contemporary
Architecture

School of Architecture
Schedule
Fall 2006
September 6   Introduction and Course Outline
    Language, Culture, Religion
September 13 Film: Japan History part I & II
September 20 Film: Japan History part III & Dream Windows
September 27 Selection  Pluralism (selection of Architects for research presentations)  
    See Student Work List
    Traditional Architecture -Nara, Kyoto, Ise, Izumo
  Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji, Kyomizu dera, Katsura Rikkyo
Tour    
October 4   Meiji and the West
    Ginza, Kabukiza, J. Conder, FL Wright
October 11 12:15 PM Meet in Class
Tour 2:00 PM Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) meet in the lobby at 1:45 PM
  3:00 PM Tea Ceremony 3:15 PM
URASENKE
(Cha no yu Center)

153 E. 69th St. NY 212 988-6161
meet in the front entry at 3:00 PM
October 18   Modernism
    Mayekawa, Kikutake, Tange, Shirai, Corbu
    Metabolism
    Kurokawa, Shinohara, Maki, Ando
October 25 Film:  Arata Isozaki part I & II
  Film: Three Generations of Avant-garde Architects
Hasegawa, Isozaki, Ito, Ando, Shinohara, Maki
Oct. 20, 2006 to
Feb. 4, 2007
Exhibit Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan
New York Public Library
Sat. Oct 28 11:00 AM -
1:00 PM
Tokyo Fiesta at Grand Central Station NY
Meet at Grand Central Station (CLOCK) at 11:00 AM
  2-3 PM Brooklyn Botanical Garden Tea House
Meet at the Brooklyn Museum of Art entrance to visit the Japanese Garden
November 1   Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Graduate)
November 8   Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Graduate)
November 15  

Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)

November 22   Friday Schedule
November 23 - 26   Thanks Giving
November 29   Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 6   Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 13  

Review

   
Student Work - Fall 2006  Contact: Sergio Duran   duran@njit.edu