Japanese Contemporary Architecture

School of Architecture
Schedule
Fall 2008
September 3   Introduction and Course Outline
    Language, Culture, Religion
September 10 Film: Japan History part I & II
September 10 Lecture Tadanori Yoko - Japan Society
September 17 Film: Japan History part III & Dream Windows
September 24 Selection Pluralism (selection of Architects for research presentations)
    See Architects' List
    Traditional Architecture -Nara, Kyoto, Ise, Izumo
  Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji, Kyomizu dera, Katsura Rikkyo
    Meiji and the West
October 1   Ginza, Kabukiza, J. Conder
    FL Wright
October 8   Modernism - Mayekawa, Kikutake, Tange, Shirai, Corbu
    Metabolism
    Kurokawa, Shinohara, Maki,
October 15 QZ-1 Quiz -1
QZ 12:15 PM Meet in Class
Oct. 15 - Tour 12:45 PM Tea Ceremony 2:00 PM
URASENKE (Cha no yu Center)

153 E. 69th St. NY 212 988-6161
meet in the front entry at 1:50 PM
  3:30 PM Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) meet in the lobby at 3:30 PM
October 18 (Sat) Trip-TBD Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Tour 10:30 AM Meet at the Brooklyn Museum of Art entrance to later visit the Japanese Garden
  11:00 AM Visit the Japanese Garden and view the Momoji
October 22 Film: Arata Isozaki part I & II
October 29 Film: Three Generations of Avant-garde Architects
    Hasegawa, Isozaki, Ito, Ando, Shinohara, Maki
November 5 QZ-2 Quiz -2
November 5 Film: Tadao Ando - The Making of the Modern
    Presentations
November 12 Presentation Student Presentation, 5 Architects (Graduate)
November 19 Presentation Student Presentation, 1+4 Architects (Graduate+Undergraduate)
November 26   Friday Schedule
November 25 - 30   Thanks Giving (no class)
December 3 Presentation Student Presentation, 5 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 10 Presentation Student Presentation, 5 Architects (Undergraduate)
December 10 DueDate

All Materials Due (CD/DVD & Portfolio Booklets)

 
 
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Events posted for your information are optional (not required for class credit)
Student Work - Fall 2008  Contact: Sergio Duran   duran@njit.edu