110-117 Dynamics of Japanese Architecture

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

Any first-year subject in the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, 107-130 Art History A, 107-131 Art History B, 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.