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- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Fujita Yasuhito
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Intensive ()
- Group
- -
- Course number
- ARC.D402
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2022/3/28
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
Note: In 1Q 2022 under the situation of COVID-19 spreading, on-site investigation for actual renovation work will be canceled. actually we couldn't execute such excursion in 2020 and 2021).
Lectures will be given in this course on the system for protecting cultural properties in Japan since the Meiji era, its historical development and new initiatives in recent years. In addition, students will be lectured on works to renovate modern architecture and investigate them on-site. After these classes, students will investigate examples of renovation architecture that they personally think are excellent, and to do presentations on them. The objective of this course is to deepen students' understanding of the issues that designers must grapple with in preserving and renovating historical buildings.
Student learning outcomes
Note: In 1Q 2022 under the situation of COVID-19 spreading, on-site investigation for actual renovation work will be canceled.
The objective of this course is for students to learn about the preservation and usage of historical architecture in Japan from lectures and field work, while deepening their understanding of the fact that these are not simply nostalgic endeavors, but also a modern creative endeavor for discovering and expressing new values.
Keywords
historic buildings and architectures, architectural preservation and renovation
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Note: In 1Q 2022 under the situation of COVID-19 spreading, on-site investigation for actual renovation work will be canceled.
This course is composed of lectures with one theme, two architectural tours (on-site investigation for actual renovation work), and the presentations of individual assignments.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance with an announcement of the assignment Lecture 1: History of architectural preservation in Japan | handouts |
| Class 2 | Lecture 2: Renovation and utilization of modern buildings in Japan | handouts |
| Class 3 | #Reference (as regular contents: it will be cancelled in 2021 because of COVID_19) Introduction about the buildings for the architectural tour. Architectural tour 1 to Public Facility (topic; structural reinforcement, design change derived from use change, relationship between new and old materials) Architectural tour 2 to Public Hall (topic; structural reinforcement, method of disaster prevention, relationship between new and old materials) | handouts |
| Class 4 | Presentation of the assignment 1 | Presentation with assignments in PDF |
| Class 5 | Presentation of the assignment 2 | Presentation with assignments in PDF |
Textbook(s)
Nothing.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nothing.
Assessment criteria and methods
Credits and grades are awarded based on the presentations of the results addressing the issue.
Related courses
- the history of Japanese architecture
- the history of modern architecture
- the history of western architecture
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
Note: In 1Q 2022 under the situation of COVID-19 spreading, on-site investigation for actual renovation work will be canceled.
(Usual: No limitation for attendance. The number of participants for each architectural tour is limited to 40. If the number of applicants exceeds 40, students of the Design Course in the Department of Architecture have priority.)
Other
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