A+U 616 Dwelling Studies and Japan’s Women Architects

ISBN: 9784900212732

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a+u issue traces the extraordinary achievements by women architects in Japan and examines dwelling studies as a unique approach to the design of environments, centered upon daily living and relationships among people. The field began as a curriculum on “clothing, food, and housing” in the Department of Home Economics at Japan Women’s University at the turn of the 20th century and has played a profound role in the education of women architects in Japan. Masako Hayashi, Nobuko Ogawa, Kazuyo Sejima, Satoko Shinohara, Kazuko Akamatsu are some of the representative figures. Seven essays on these pages provide crucial historical documentation and insight into the early years of women architects making their mark in Japan. A graduate of the program and the issue’s guest editor Momoyo Kaijima defines dwelling studies as an open-ended approach to design that focuses on the exchange between designers and inhabitants to create spaces that embrace individuality. While dwelling studies was born within the unique institutional setting of Japan Women’s University in the midst of tumultuous social change, it has continued to enable the contemplation and realization of the contemporary. (a+u)

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2022

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176

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a+u issue traces the extraordinary achievements by women architects in Japan and examines dwelling studies as a unique approach to the design of environments, centered upon daily living and relationships among people. The field began as a curriculum on “clothing, food, and housing” in the Department of Home Economics at Japan Women’s University at the turn of the 20th century and has played a profound role in the education of women architects in Japan. Masako Hayashi, Nobuko Ogawa, Kazuyo Sejima, Satoko Shinohara, Kazuko Akamatsu are some of the representative figures. Seven essays on these pages provide crucial historical documentation and insight into the early years of women architects making their mark in Japan. A graduate of the program and the issue’s guest editor Momoyo Kaijima defines dwelling studies as an open-ended approach to design that focuses on the exchange between designers and inhabitants to create spaces that embrace individuality. While dwelling studies was born within the unique institutional setting of Japan Women’s University in the midst of tumultuous social change, it has continued to enable the contemplation and realization of the contemporary. (a+u)

CONTENTS

  • Introduction: Dwelling Studies and Japan’s Women Architects / Momoyo Kaijima
  • Masako Hayashi / Kusazaki Club/ Sansen-ryo (Japan Women’s University Seminar House in Karuizawa)/ Our House Phase
  • Nobuko Ogawa / Honjo Daycare Center
  • Interview: Everyday Life as the Starting Point of Design. Nobuko Ogawa, Interviwer: Momoyo Kaijima, Namiko Minai
  • Koko Takahashi / Kuda no Ie (Tubular House)
  • Essay: A Field Where Flowers Come into Bloom / Yuzuru Tomonaga
  • Naoko Hirakura / House in Tomigaya
  • Kazuyo Sejima / Platform/ Saishunkan Seiyaku Women’s Dormitory/ Japan Women’s University Library, Classroom and Laboratory Building, and Student Cafeteria
  • Conversation: Dwelling Studies and Place for Learning / Kazuyo Sejima and Satoko Shinohara, Moderator: Momoyo Kaijima
  • Satoko Shinohara / Kiyosato-kaku/ Share Yarai-cho
  • Rie Azuma / Studio House in Ohara/ Hoshinoya Karuizawa, Tombo-no-yu, and Harunire Terrace
  • Akiko Miya / Wall Behavior, Roofs and Windows
  • Yuki Ishiguro / Tongari/ Apartment Building in Chofu
  • Kazuko Akamatsu / House SH/ Uto Elementary School
  • Momoyo Kaijima / House and Atelier Bow-Wow/ Kitamoto Station West Square / Momonoura Village
  • Essay: Wajiro Kon and Dwelling Studies. Izumi Kuroishi
  • Essay: Dwelling Studies and the Evolving Curriculum. Namiko Minai
  • Essay: Ready-Made. Michelle L. Hauk
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