5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. The World That Made It
5
1.1
Japanese architecture: the whole period in one lesson
1.2
Geography, climate and the materials to hand
1.3
Power, religion and who paid for buildings
1.4
What daily life was actually like
1.5
What came immediately before
2. What They Built
5
2.1
The building types of Japanese architecture
2.2
Sacred architecture
2.3
Civic, royal and public buildings
2.4
Housing and everyday building
2.5
The city in Japanese architecture
3. How They Built It
5
3.1
Timber joinery and the ken and tatami module
3.2
Materials and where they came from
3.3
Structure: how it actually stands up
3.4
Tools, labour and life on the building site
3.5
How long it took and what it cost
4. The Language
5
4.1
The elements and vocabulary of Japanese architecture
4.2
Proportion, geometry and rule
4.3
Ornament and what it meant
4.4
Light, colour and surface
4.5
How to recognise Japanese architecture in ten seconds
5. What Survived and What It Changed
5
5.1
Ise Grand Shrine, read in detail
5.2
Katsura Imperial Villa, read in detail
5.3
Todai-ji, read in detail
5.4
Why Japanese architecture gave way to what came next
5.5
What architects still steal from Japanese architecture today
Japanese Architecture: Emptiness as Structure
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