2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Architectural Tour
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yasuhito Fujita / Naoto Kizu
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.D301
- Number of credits
- 001
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This is an intensive course to visit many historic architectures and see their characteristics on site.
It is necessary for the students who are expected to be a successful architect in the world to learn how their own architectural culture had been developed in its history.
Course description and aims
The aim of this course is to deepen our understanding on the characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture through visiting many important cultural properties in Kinki district.
Keywords
Japanese architecture, wooden structure, traditional architecutre, important cultural property,
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This intensive course requires students to participate in two-day lectures and a six-day tour for the course credit.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Lecture about visiting sites and buildings | Confirm the location of visiting points. |
| Class 2 | Historic temple buildings in Ikaruga area | Read the overview of the visiting buildings beforehand. |
| Class 3 | Historic buildings in Nara prefecture | Read the overview of the visiting buildings beforehand. |
| Class 4 | Historic buildings in Shiga prefecture | Read the overview of the visiting buildings beforehand. |
| Class 5 | Historic buildings in Kyoto | Read the overview of the visiting buildings beforehand. |
| Class 6 | Historic buildings in Kyoto | Read the overview of the visiting buildings beforehand. |
| Class 7 | Historic buildings in Kinki area | Read the overview of the visiting buildings beforehand. |
| Class 8 | Conclusion | Confirm the information and drawings of visited buildings. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Nihon Kenchiku Gakkai "Nihon Kenchiku-shi Zushu"(shokoku-sha, 2011)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Yuichiro Kojiro "'Ma'- design of Japanese architecture" (Kajima shuppan-kai,1999 )
Evaluation methods and criteria
Full attendance of 6 days tour and submission of the final report including some drawings are requested to the participants.
Related courses
- the history of Japanese architecture
Prerequisites
The participants are limited to 30 in this class. If the applicants are over 30, the student of architectural department has priority.