Japanese Contemporary Architecture

School of Architecture
Schedule
Fall 2007
September 5   Introduction and Course Outline
    Language, Culture, Religion
September 12 Film: Japan History part I & II
September 19 Film: Japan History part III & Dream Windows
September 26 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
    Meiji and the West
October 3   Ginza, Kabukiza, J. Conder
    FL Wright
Oct. 5 - Jan. 13 Exhibit Japan Society
    33 contemporary Japanese artists who call New York City home
October 10 QZ-1 Quiz -1
October 10 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 13 Trip Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Tour 2:00 PM Meet at the Brooklyn Museum of Art entrance to visit the Japanese Garden
  2:10 PM Visit the Japanese Garden and view the Momoji
October 17   Modernism
    Mayekawa, Kikutake, Tange, Shirai, Corbu
    Metabolism
    Kurokawa, Shinohara, Maki,
Oct. 20 - Jan. 13 Optional New York Botanical Garden
    KIKU & Plants of Japan (Festival) Matsuri
    Bonsai at the Garden
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
    Japanese Folk Dance Performance by Minbu Za
Location: In the Conservatory Plaza Tent
    Origami: The Art of Paper Folding
Location: In the Conservatory Plaza Tent
Oct. 21 1 or 3 p.m. Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony
Location: In the Conservatory Plaza Tent
Oct. 27 or Oct. 28 1, 2 p.m or
1, 3 p.m.
Samurai Sword Performance
Location: In the Conservatory Plaza Tent
Nov. 3 or Nov. 4 1, 2 or 3 p.m. Japanese Taiko Drumming
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Location: Meets in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Courtyards
October 24 Film: Tadao Ando & Arata Isozaki part I & II
October 31 QZ-2 Quiz -2
October 31 Film: Three Generations of Avant-garde Architects
Hasegawa, Isozaki, Ito, Ando, Shinohara, Maki
November 7 Presentation Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Graduate)
November 14 Presentation Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Graduate)
November 21   Friday Schedule
November 22 - 25   Thanks Giving (no class)
November 28 Presentation Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 5 Presentation Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 12 Presentation

Student Presentation, 4 Architects (Undergraduate)

 
 
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Events posted for your information are optional (not required for class credit)
Student Work - Fall 2007  Contact: Sergio Duran   duran@njit.edu