Traditional Architecture:

Capital Cities

Nara Heijo-kyo (710-794), Kyoto Heian-kyo (794-1868), Kamakura (1185-1333)

Medieval Settlements & Castles

Takayama, Kurashiki, Matsumoto, Himeji, Hirosaki

Traditional Structures

Kinkakuji (1397), Ginkakuji (1483), Katsura (1647), Shugakuin (1659)

Itsukushima Shrine (811-1167-1241)

Temples:

Todaiji (752-1199-1709)

Horyuji (607)

Materials

China - Stone

Japan — Wood

Religion

Shinto:

Kofun period (250 — 552)

Isumo (West) (Taisha tsukuri) 6th Century-1248-1744

Okuni Nushi no Mikoto, (God of farming, Fishing, Medicin) Male god

Ise (East) (Shinmei Tsukuri) every 20 years

Hinoki (Japanese Ciprus)

Shinto Elements:

House — Land relationship

Attitude towards permanent things

Codes for patterns to build latter

Naiku (inside) (Amaterasu) Female God

Gekku (outside) Toyouke no Okami (God of Grain)

Four rows of Fences (hierarchy) Horizontal for

4 Chigi (feniel cut at end of beam direction

10 Katsuogi (horizontal logs) Only at shrines

Munabashi — Shin no mi hashira Covered by hut (Mirror, Jewel, Sword)

(a place to approach rather than to arrive at)

Buddhism:

Buddhist Temple (later half of 6 Century) Import from China

Chinese typology

Wooden brackets (painted inside and out)

The Heian Period (9 — 12 Century) Japanesation of the Chinese Temple

Zen Budhism (End of 12 Century)

Sukiya tsukuri (traditional house construction)

Shoh-in (residence of the Warlord, Land lord House or Budhist monk)

Buddhist Elements:

Suji chigai (floor plan) Stagered and hierarchical

Shinden Tsukuri (favored by the aristocrats) old imperial palace in Kyoto (Shishin den)

Chaya (Tea House)

Profane and the Profound

Machiya & Nagaya (merchant dwelling) Merchant Class

Interior and exterior relationship of continuity

Seasonal changes outside are reflected inside

Conceptual Elements:

Genkan

Engawa

Ma (Concept of Space / Time)

Ken — Unit of measure —1 Tatami= 1 Ken

Oku

Amado

Shoji

Fusuma

Byo-bu

Shaku

Haragei — The art of non-linear, non-assertive and non persuasive, therefore non dialectical mode of discourse.

Chinese Town planing

Ten-chi-jin: Celestial, Atmospheric, Inferior

Address / Directions:

No Names for Streets / District Code / Ward Code