2018 - 2019

0687-2062-01
  Japanese Architecture and its Environs                                                               
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Arie KutzGilman-humanities278Mon1800-2000 Sem  1
 
 
University credit hours:  2.0

Course description

 The course deals with the historic development of Japanese architecture and gardens, from an architectural and aesthetic perspective.
The lectures will demonstrate the way in which Japanese architecture was shaped by the Japanese climate and environment and by its contacts with other cultures.
Lectures are accompanied with a great amount of visual information from Japan and Asia.

Main Themes:

1. Climate and Nature in Japan
The Japanese environmental conditions as the background to the central role of nature in the human culture of Japan.

2. The Japanese House
- East Asian ancient dwellings in relation to environmental conditions
- The Japanese Traditional House and the Japanese Spatial conception reflected in its architecture.

3. Religious Architecture
- Buddhist Architecture form India to Japan
- Chinese waves of influence on Japan through the history and the ways of their adoption and adaptations.

4. The Way of Tea
- The social and aesthetic revolution of the 16th century Japan and its influence on its time and on the next centuries.

5. Japanese Gardens
- The development of the Japanese gardens throughout the centuries, focusing on the sources of inspiration and the aesthetic approaches reflected in the gardens.
- The Japanese Gardens as an example of a design for movement in space.

6. From Edo to Tokyo
- The development of Edo from a provincial town to the Capital City, its spatial organization and its reasons and consequences.

Students' duties:
Students should chose one specific masterpiece and submit a written analytic report on it.
The work should include about 2000 words and sketches, diagrams and photos to accompany the analysis.

 

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