2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Architectural Preservation and Renovation
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yasuhito Fujita
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.D402
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
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.
Course description and aims
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
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course is composed of lectures with one theme, architectural tours (on-site investigation for actual renovation work), and the presentations of individual assignments.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Excursion of example of the renovation and utilization Introduction about the buildings for the excursion Excursion (topic; structural reinforcement, design change derived from use change, 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 |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Nothing.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nothing.
Evaluation methods and criteria
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
No limitation for attendance.
The number of participants for each architectural tour would be limited to 40. If the number of applicants exceeds 40, graduate students of the Design Course in the Department of Architecture have priority.
Other
Nothing.