2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Theory of Architectural Design II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Shin-Ichi Okuyama / Taishin Shiozaki
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.D446
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Kazuo SHINOHARA (1925-2006) was the former emeritus professor of Tokyo Tech. The Centennial Hall of Tokyo Tech was designed by him. He designed about 40 houses and he had classified his own works into four categories. In this course, you are going to learn from Kazuo Shinohara through analysis and design project.
In this course, you will analyze one of the styles under a category designed by Kazuo Shinohara at first. After analysis you will design one (or two) house (houses) in actual urban condition or a cottage area by extracting and developing Shinohara’s concept.
Course description and aims
Shinohara’s works are categorized into four styles by himself. You should select one of them to analyze spaces and theories of the style. You need to check up not only the style you analyze but the relationship with the other styles. Based on the analysis on Shinohara’s works, you should extract a key concept for design from Shinohara’s theory. Then in this house design stage, you should design detached house with a choice of urban condition site or cottage area site, or both.
Keywords
Architectural design, Architectural theory, Architect, Kazoo Shinohara
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In this course, you will analyze one of the styles under a category by Kazuo Shinohara at first. After analysis you will design one (or two) house (houses) in actual urban condition or a cottage area by extracting and developing Shinohara’s concept.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Analysis for works of Kazoo Shinohara |
| Class 2 | Analysis | Analysis for works of Kazoo Shinohara |
| Class 3 | Presentation of Analysis | Discussion |
| Class 4 | Study for House project | Analysis for project site |
| Class 5 | Study for House project | Analysis for project site |
| Class 6 | Esquisse Check | Discussion |
| Class 7 | Study for House project | Making Concept |
| Class 8 | Study for House project | Making Concept |
| Class 9 | Esquisse Check | Discussion |
| Class 10 | Study for House project | Making Concept |
| Class 11 | Study for House project | Making Concept |
| Class 12 | Esquisse Check | Discussion |
| Class 13 | Prepare for presentation | Drawings, Scale models, perspective images |
| Class 14 | Prepare for presentation | Drawings, Scale models, perspective images |
| Class 15 | Final Presentation and Critic | Drawings, Scale models, perspective images |
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)
Nothig
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Kazuo Shinohara, Houses and Drawings
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentation of Analysis 30%, Presentation of Project 70%
Related courses
- ARC.D421 ： Architectural Design Studio I
- ARC.D422 ： Architectural Design Studio II
- ARC.D423 ： Architectural Design Studio III
Prerequisites
Nothing