110-117 Dynamics of Japanese Architecture

Any first year subject in the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, 107-018 Art History A: The Work of Art, 107-019 Art History B: Artist & Audience, or a first year subject from the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Building.

This subject forms an introduction to traditional Japanese architectural types: shrines, temples, castles, palaces, tea houses and residences, and discusses the relevance of tradition to Japanese architecture today. Students who complete the subject should be able to analyse buildings to understand Japanese architectural design, aesthetics and technology; discover the characteristics of major architectural types in Japan and the relationship between how buildings are made and what they look like; and discover the relevance of building traditional and modern works of architecture including the differences between hereditary master builders and the architect today.

Written work totalling 2000 words, and a 2-hour examination. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70% of all classes in order to be eligible to submit work.

• W H Coaldrake, Architecture and Authority in Japan. Routledge, 1996.