Description:

This seminar will examine the development of Japanese Contemporary Architecture, from the traditional Art and Aesthetics as affected by Shintoism and Buddhism through the Eastern Concepts of space, time and cultural traditions. The course will explore the Meiji period and its effects on architecture with the rejection of Western influences, as well as the Western Modern Movement in Japan, its disciples, its converts abroad and the Japanese role in its development in the West. This course will focus on the late modernist and contemporary architects and include a broad spectrum of buildings, urban projects and writings representing a cross section of the current socio-economic and political background of Japan, culminating in what has come to be known as the "Bubble Period".

Requirements & Grading:

1. Attendance 20%
2. Participation in class discussions. 10%
   
3. Quiz. 30% (2@15% each)
4. Class Presentation of selected architects 40%

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Office Hours by appointment
Office number, 568
Tel: 973 596-3022
e-mail: duran@njit.edu