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 110-117 The Dynamics of Japanese Architecture

Note

Formerly available as 158-248/348. Students who have completed 158-248/348 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Prof W H Coaldrake

Prerequisites

Any first-year subject in the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, Western Art A & B, or a first-year subject from the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Building.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-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

Written work totalling 4000 words. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70% of all classes in order to be eligible to submit assessed work.

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