JAPANstudy abroad su2016

hazelbaker + kurtinUA CAPLA

Cover: Kengo Kuma, Oribe Tea House

Historical Narratives of the City – Tracing Scales of Occupation ARC 497b Special Projects in Architecture / 3 CU

This course will be conducted as a laboratory. Students will visit a variety of cities in Japan ranging from the remote and rural to the dense megalopolis. Tokyo is situated in the seeming contradiction of the globalization of technologies and romantically preserved particularities. Weaving the historical with the present, we will begin with an investigation of Edo and demonstrate its basis and diversion from other Japanese cities in the early seventeenth century. However, we will focus on the modern city and concentrate on the tension of western influence and modernism, the twin spears and legacy of Meiji Japan. Our research will follow the ideas, forms and formulations from the urban planning, landscape and design sectors.

Presenting the Idea – Confluence of Craft and MaterialityARC 497b Special Projects in Architecture / 3 CU

Japan’s influence within architecture and design has been longstanding. This course will offer a critical investigation of both traditional and contemporary Japanese Architecture. From SANAA to Yohji Yamamoto, Japanese architec-tural, industrial, packaging and fashion design continues to offer lessons in the realm of materiality. Modern design sensibilities continue to embrace notions of precision and formal beauty. Focused on the notion of materiality and its increased importance within the theoretical underpinnings of architectural de-sign, this course will explore the experiential and phenomenal qualities of the work by Tadao Ando, SANAA, Kengo Kuma, Isamu Noguchi, Atelier Bow Wow and others.

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Program and Schedule The scope of the proposed travel program is intended for architecture, land-scape architecture, planning, and BSSBE students. Course content, activities, and assignments may be modified to accommodate the strengths and interests of students in each discipline.

The schedule is conceived for a 30-day intensive study-abroad curriculum. Formal activities, including classes, organized tours, office visits, and guest lec-tures, will be held five days each week. The Japan study abroad students and faculty will curate an exhibit of the travel research to be installed at CAPLA in Fall 2016.

Prerequisites Undergraduate students shall have successfully completed at least their sec-ond year in their respective program. Graduate students shall have successfully completed at least their first year in their respective program.

Tadao Ando, Benesse Museum, Naoshima Island

Travel Dates [30 days] Proposed: June 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016 or July 1, 2016 – July 30, 2016

Itinerary NiigataNagaoka City (James Turrel House of Light)KanazawaKyotoOkayamaTokyo

With day trips to Naoshima Island and Hiroshima

Kyoto and Tokyo will serve as sites for consecutive one-week explora-tions, with fewer days spent in surrounding cities. In general, morn-ings and early afternoons will take students to significant historical and contemporary works for discussion and analysis. Day trips and ar-chitectural office tours will also be incorporated as each locale affords. Weekends will be spent engaging nature, exploring the city, seeing art, sketching, reading, and eating.

Tadao Ando, Chichu Museum, Naoshima Island

Shinjuku Crossing, Tokyo

COST PER PERSON [USD] INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Phoenix - Tokyo (NRT) 1700 www.expedia.comPhoenix - Tokyo (HDN) 1700 Tucson to Phx shuttle 39 www.arizonashuttle.com Los Angeles - Tokyo (NRT) 900 www.expedia.comLos Angeles - Tokyo (HDN) 950 subtotal 1700-1750 japan rail pass 675 HOUSING Apartment Tokyo 35 night 245 week www.airbnb.comKanazawa 30 night 210 week Kyoto 30 night 210 week subtotal 900-1100 Hostel Tokyo 40 night 280 week www.kotaku.comKanazawa 25 night 175 week Kyoto 25 night 175 week subtotal 900-1100 FOOD + TRANSPORTATION Tokyo 25 day 170 week www.nomadicmatt.comKanazawa 25 day 170 week Kyoto 15 day 105 week subtotal 615 ATTRACTIONS 10 day 200 month subtotal 200 INSURANCE + FEES insurance 1.30 day 40 month Department Fee 500 Study Aboard +Student Exchange fee 600 subtotal 1140 TOTAL 5500 *cost estimate incudes tuition and assumes 2 weeks in Tokyo, 1 week in Kanazawa, 1 week in Kyoto

SANAA 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa

Darci Hazelbaker joined CAPLA in the Fall of 2007. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Architecture from the University of New Mexico where she graduated with top honors.She established her own architecture and design studio, Hazelbaker Rush with her partner in 2009. Her interests lie in the act of crafting objects and spaces through the use and re-use of materials, while distilling the ideas behind thie act to its simplest and most pure form. In the making of space she believes that the evolution of ideas and methods takes place within a process that is continually evolving to engage the client, the user, the craftsman, and the environment. The success of any design can be mea-sured by the integrity found within this process as well as the experiences created by it.

Annie Kurtin joined the UA School of Architecture faculty in 2010. She holds a Masters in Critical Theory from Goldsmiths College, University of London and a Master of Archi-tecture degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation where she was the recipient of the Charles McKim Prize for Excellence in Design, the Saul Kaplan Traveling Fellowship, and the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. At CAPLA, Annie coordinates the Foundation Design studio and has taught history, design communication and studio courses.

Herzog + DeMeuron, Prada Store, Tokyo