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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Instructor(s)
Tsukamoto Yoshiharu 
Class Format
Lecture / Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue5-6(M113)  Fri1-2(M113)  
Group
-
Course number
ARC.D204
Credits
2
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2018/4/6
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course discusses several artifacts such as furniture, architecture and cities, based on the idea of “Ecology”, which is understanding a living thing relative to its environment, not independently. In this course, the character of an artifact is considered relatively, as a part of an ecosystem. For example, a "chair" is, physically, just an object with a 40 square centimeter surface material supported by four rod-shaped members. But for the object to act as a “chair”, the ground should be flat, the surface material height from the ground should correspond to the length of a human leg, and further rod-shaped members have to be provided with sufficient strength to support the weight of the body.
Through several exercises to show how an artifact works, this course aims to cultivate the ability to observe as a fundamental of architectural design.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Observe what specifically is happening to surrounding artifacts in principle.
2) Integrate what they have observed into their analysis 3) Accurately represent the aforementioned

Keywords

Architecture, Urban space, Design, Ecology, Behavior

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The course consists of lectures and exercises for each topic. In lectures, students join a discussion to understand each topic. In practice exercises, students work on a report with a sketch and description about the case they chose.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Guidance None required
Class 2 Lecture : Tool None required
Class 3 Exercise : Tool None required
Class 4 Lecture : Furniture None required
Class 5 Exercise : Furniture None required
Class 6 Lecture : Window None required
Class 7 Exercise : Window None required
Class 8 Lecture : Room None required
Class 9 Exercise : Room None required
Class 10 Lecture : "Pet architecture" / "Made in Tokyo" None required
Class 11 Exercise : "Pet architecture" / "Made in Tokyo" None required
Class 12 Lecture : Typology None required
Class 13 Exercise : Typology None required
Class 14 Lecture: Crowds in public spaces None required
Class 15 Exercise : Crowds in public spaces None required

Textbook(s)

None required

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Jakob won Uexkull. A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans, with A Theory of Meaning : Univ of Minnesota. ISBN 978-0816659005
Gibson, J.J. The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception : Boston Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0898599598
Bernard Rudofsky. Architecture without Architects : Univ of New Mexico. ISBN 978-0826310040
Bernard Rudofsky. Streets for People : Doubleday & Company. ISBN 978-0385042314
Kazunari Sakakmoto et al. Studies of Architectural Composition : Jikkyo Publishing,　ISBN-13: 978-4407325720
Yoshiharu Tsukamoot et al. Made in Tokyo : Kajima Publishing, ISBN-13 : 978-4306044210
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto et al. Comonalities : LIXIL Publishing, ISBN-13 : 978-4864800099
Tokyo Institute of Technology Tsukamoto-Lab. Pet Architecture Guidebook, ISBN-13 : 978-4846523275
Tokyo Institute of Technology Tsukamoto-Lab. Windowscape -Window Behaviorology- : Filmart, ISBN-13 : 978-4845910588
Tokyo Institute of Technology Tsukamoto-Lab. Windowscape2 -Window Genealogy- : Filmart, ISBN-13: 978-4306070899

Assessment criteria and methods

Students will be assessed on results from each exercise

Related courses

  • None required

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None required

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