2021 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Comfortable Built Environment
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Jun Yanagisawa / Kentaro Ishida
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D442
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on Public space and Facilities, and covers of the design and historical background how Public space have been achieved or lost through the Western European history and Japanese history.
1)This course introduces the specific figures about Public space like scale, materials, methods and 3 dimensional volumes in Public space.
2)This course includes workshop with group discussion about public space around everyday life.
3)This course includes design exercise to acquire the skill of design public space, too.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course ,student will be
1) Having an understanding of history about Public space.
2) Having an ability to grasp Publicness and design of Public space and facilities.
3) The presentation skill to debate and the layout of the design board which they make.
Keywords
Public space, Landscape design Public architecuture
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
1) At the early term of whole classes, by using powerpoint and draw on the blackboard .
2) Middle of classes, the exercise and presentation workshop will be held by students.
3) The end of classes , the examination will be held.
4) Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction, Public Space and the City | |
| Class 2 | Cultural Space in European cities | |
| Class 3 | Public Art and Architecture | |
| Class 4 | Developing Urban Identities | Submit a report of “Future Public Spaces in your City” |
| Class 5 | The design and approaches for Public space through the private house design in Japan. -The analysis of the connotation about “publicness” in Japan. | |
| Class 6 | The relationship between the neighborhood unit and the urban design through collective housing project. | |
| Class 7 | The Publicness through Public facilities and private buildings. | |
| Class 8 | The analysis and research for Landscape design in terms of Publicness. | The examination to know how they undrstand throuh whole clasees |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Textbook will be introduce at the courses
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Exterio design in architecture (外部空間の設計）, Commonalities, Life between buildings, Cities for people, and other books about public spaces.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentation(30%), Group-work(30%), Final Examination(40%)
Related courses
- UDE.D541 ： Comfortable Built Environment II
- UDE.D448 ： Architectural Awareness & Design
Prerequisites
no required knowledge and skills for taking this course
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
YANAGISAWA: yanajun[at]contemporaries.jp
ISHIDA: ishida[at]kias.co.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.