Beschreibung
des Entwurfs-programmes |
Architectural Behaviorology
The development of the modern technology and industry in the 20th century has constructed the barrier between our everyday life and the local resources such as nature, human skills, and their knowledge. Architectural Behaviorology is our architectural design methods, in which we focus on creating the better accessibility to such local resources. Through the lens of ethnographical network, we cultivate the local resources to rediscover unconscious and invisible relationships among them, and then activate them by proposing architectural design. The program under the Chair of Architectural Behaviorology has 6 themes in 6 years; 'Window Behaviorology' 'Genealogy of Architectural Typology' 'Actor Network of Timber Construction' 'Urban-Rural Exchange' 'Urban Hybrid' 'Urban Commons,' comparing between one theme in Japan and the same one in Swiss/Europe each year.
Design Studio 2017AS – Window Behaviorology
"Window Behaviorology in Kanazawa Machiya, Japan"
A window is the architectural element behaving between/with human and nature, and it can be regarded as a culture of building typology. This year, we particularly focus on designing windows, learning and finding their meanings in terms of Architectural Behaviorology. Our study field in the autumn semester is Kanazawa in Japan, a traditional castle city originally constructed 500 years ago. Kanazawa has kept a special housing typology called 'Machiya (Townhouse),' which has been gradually transformed and customized with special manners, incorporating local people’s needs/desires in each period.
In this design studio, the students explore and visualize the actor network of window and Machiya with an ethnographical approach. Then, by drawings and models, the students propose an updated Machiya-type architecture with reimagined windows, for a better future of Kanazawa.
Supervisor: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
Expert: Laurent Stalder, Naoki Noda, Kozo Kadowaki,
Collaborator and Sponsor: YKK AP Window Research Institute
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Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte |
Entwurf, Konstruktion, Staedtebau, Modellbau, Visualisierungen |
Lernziele |
In this design studio, the students explore and visualize the actor network of window and Machiya with an ethnographical approach. Then, by drawings and models, the students propose an updated Machiya-type architecture with reimagined windows, for a better future of Kanazawa. |
