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 158-248 The Dynamics of Japanese Architecture

Note

Available as 158-348 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Professor W H Coaldrake

Prerequisites

Any first year subject in Department of Japanese and Chinese, Western Art A & B, or first year subject from Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Building.

Semester

1

Contact

Two hour lecture and one hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

Introduction to traditional Japanese architectural types - shrines, temples, castles, palaces, tea houses and residences - and the relevance of tradition to Japanese architecture today. This subject analyses Japanese architectural design, aesthetics and technology, and discovers the relationship between how buildings are made and how they look.

Assessment

Essays and assignments of not more than 5,000 words. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70 percent of all classes in order to be eligible to submit assessed work.

Prescribed Texts
  • William H. Coaldrake, Architecture and Authority in Japan. Routledge, 1996 (paperback).
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