PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Monday 5/30 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA Xu Xiaoqing
Orientation 9:30-11:00 Introduction (Prof. Liu Jian, Tsinghua Univ.), Tour of Facilities & Campus
Seminar 11:00-12:00 MMHESS (YS)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 Qianmen Street
Readings
Volume 8: Ubiquitous China, ed. Rem Koolhaas et al., Columbia University GSAPP, Archis, 2007
Bow Wow, Pet Architecture Guide Book Vol. 1, (Tokyo: World Photo Press, 2004)
Thursday 5/31 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA Bryan Lim Tiam Chai
Lecture 9:00-10:00 Historic Evolution of Beijing’s City Plan (Prof. Liu Jian, Tsinghua Univ.)
Site Visit 11:00-4:00 Beijing Urban Planning Museum, Tiananmen Square
Readings
Frederic Edelmann, “Questions on the Transformations of an Empire,” in In the Chinese City: Perspectives on the Transmutations of an Empire, ed. Frederic Edelmann, (Barcelona: Actar, 2008), 14-29.
Wednesday 6/1 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA Zhang Yang
Site Visit 9:00-12:30 Summer Palace
Lecture 1:30-3:00 Redevelopment Strategies (Prof. Zhang Jie, Tsinghua Univ.) RESCHEDULED
Site Visit 3:00-6:00 Old Summer Palace
Readings
Xihuan Zhu and Yin-Wang Kwok, “Beijing: The Expression of Political Ideology,” in Culture and the City in East Asia, ed. Won Bae Kim et al., (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997), 125-149.
Thursday 6/2 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA Xu Xiaoqing
Seminar 9:30-10:30 MMHESS (YS)
Lecture 11:00-12:00 Traditional Typology and the Hutong (Prof. Wang Nan, Tsinghua Univ.)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 Yan Dai Xie Jie and Hutongs near Nanluogu Xiang
Readings
Thomas J. Campanella, “City of Chai,” in The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008), 145-171.
Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Lost in the New Beijing: The Old Neighborhood”, New York Times, July 27, 2008,
Friday 6/3 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA Bryan Lim Tiam Chai
Seminar 9:00-10:00 MMHESS (YS)
Lecture 10:00-11:00 Redevelopment Strategies (Prof. Zhang Jie, Tsinghua Univ.)
Site Visit 12:00-4:00 Forbidden City, Prince Gong Garden & Mansion
Readings
Anne‐Marie Broudehoux, “Selling the Past: Nationalism and the Commodification of History at Yuanmingyuan,” in The Making and Selling of Post‐Mao Beijing, (New York: Routledge, 2004), 43-93
Saturday 6/4 Beijing
TA Xu Xiaoqing
Site Visit 8:00am The Great Wall, Old Beijing Miniature Landscape Park Daytrip
Sunday 6/5 Beijing
Free Day
Recommended: Mao’s Mausoleum, Panjiayuan Market 7-5pm, Heaven Temple
Monday 6/6 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA Zhang Yang
Seminar 9:00-11:00 Tsinghua Student Presentations
Site Visit 11:00-4:00 Beijing Olympics, Park of Ruin of Dadu City Wall Yuan Dynasty
Readings
Maurice Roche, “Mega-Events and Cultural Citizenship: Consumerism, Inclusion/Exclusion and Internationalism,” Mega-Events & Modernity: Olympics and Expos in the Growth of Global Culture, (London: Routledge, 2000), 65-98.
Tuesday 6/7 Beijing
Location Tsinghua Univ. Architecture Building Room 115
TA NA
Seminar 9:00-10:00 Tsinghua Student Presentations
Lecture 10:00-11:00 Beijing Rural Planning and Design (Prof. Zhang Yue, Tsinghua Univ.)
Site Visit 12:00-4:00 CCTV Building, National Center for the Performing Arts
Readings
Thomas J. Campanella, “Themeparks and Landscape of Consumption,” in The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008), 241-279.
Wednesday 6/8 Beijing
TA Zhang Yang
Site Visit 9:00- 798 Factory, Nanchizi and Hutongs near Wangfujing Dajie, Beijing Daguanyuan (TBD)
Thursday 6/9 Xi’an_
Travel
Site Visit 10:30am Xi’an International Horticulture Exposition
Friday 6/10 Xi’an
Site Visit
9:30am Terracotta Warriors
1:00 Qing Ling
Saturday 6/11 Xi’an
Site Visit
8:30am Old City Wall
10:00 Shu Yuan Men Street
1:00 The Great Mosque
8:30pm Tang Paradise Fountain Show (Optional)
Sunday 6/12 Xi’an - Shanghai
Travel
Monday 6/13 Shanghai_
Location Tongji Univ. Architecture Building D, Room 513
TA Zhou Jianjia
Orientation 9:00-10:00 Introduction
Lecture 10:00-11:00 "History and Morphology of Shanghai" (Prof. Dong Yao, Tongji Univ.)
Site Visit 11:30-3:00 Yu Yuan (Garden of Peace and Comfort, 豫园) and Bazaar, The Bund, Xin tian di
Readings
Ackbar Abbas, “Play It Again Shanghai: Urban Preservation in the Global Era,” in Shanghai Reflections. Architecture Urbanism and the Search for an Alternative Modernity, ed. Mario Gandelsonas, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002), 37-55.
Tuesday 6/14 Shanghai
Location Tongji Univ. Architecture Building D, Room 513
TA Zhou Jianjia
Seminar 9:00-11:00 MMHESS (YS)
Site Visit 11:00-2:00 Shanghai Urban Planning Exposition Center, People’s Sq.
Readings
Thomas J. Campanella, “Reclaiming Shanghai,” in The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008), 58-91.
Wednesday 6/15 Shanghai
Location Tongji Univ. Architecture Building D, Room 513
TA Zhou Jianjia
Lecture 8:30-10:00 "Physical Development of Colonial Shanghai" (Prof. Liu Gang, Tongji Univ.)
Readings
Maurice Roche, “Mega-Events, Cities and Tourist Culture: Olympics and Expos,” in Mega-Events & Modernity: Olympics and Expos in the Growth of Global Culture, (London: Routledge, 2000), 125-158.
Thursday 6/16 Shanghai
Location Tongji Univ. Architecture Building D, Room 513
TA Sun Ruowen
Workshop 9:30-11:00 MMHESS Pre Midterm Presentations (YS)
Site Visit 11:00-4:00 Yu yang li, Shang xian fang, Tian zi fang
Readings
Shahid Yusuf and Weiping Wu, “Shanghai Rising in a Globalizing World,” Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2001
Friday 6/17 Suzhou
TA Liu Xiao
Site Visit
7:30am Bus to Suzhou
拙政园 ZhuoZheng Yuan (The Humble Administrator's Garden)
留园 Liu Yuan (Lingering Garden)
狮子林 ShiZiLin (The Lion Forest)
网师园 WangShi Yuan (The Master of the Nets Garden)
Readings
Tom Turner, Asian Gardens: History, Beliefs, and Design, (Oxon, New York: Routledge, 2011), 221-233.
Saturday 6/18 Shanghai - Tokyo
Travel
Sunday 6/19 Tokyo
Free Time
Monday 6/20 Tokyo
Location Keio Univ. Sosokan Building 14, DS63 + DS64 (9:00-12:00pm)
TA Yoshi Uchida
Seminar 9:00-10:00 Orientation / Introduction
Lecture 10:00-11:00 "Tokyo, the Domesticated City" (Prof. Jorge Almazan, Keio Univ.)
11:00-12:00 "From Edo to Tokyo, The Low City and the High City / Establishment Tokyo" (LM)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 Yamanote vs. Shitamachi, Asakusa Kannon Temple
Reading
Livio Sacchi, Tokyo: City and Architecture, (New York: Rizzoli, 2004), Chapter 2
Tuesday 6/21 Tokyo
Location Keio Univ. Sosokan Building 14, DR2 (9:00-12:30pm)
Seminar 9:00-11:15 Contemporary Tokyo (LM)
Workshop Student Presentations "Green Tokyo"
11:30-11:45 "The Sense of Green" (Tomohiro Suzuki, Keio Student)
11:45-12:00 "Community Gardens" (Saeko Tsumuraya, Keio Student)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 Yokohama Daytrip, International Passenger Terminal (FOA)
Reading
Andre Sorensen, The Making of Urban Japan: Cities and Planning from Edo to the Twentieth Century, (New York: Routledge, 2002), Chapter 9
Wednesday 6/22 Tokyo
TA Yoshi Uchida
Site Visit
10:00-4:00 Nakagin Capsule, Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi National Stadium, Roppongi, Omotesando
Reading
Takashi Machimura, “Building a Capital for Emperor and Enterprise: The Changing Urban Meaning of Central Tokyo,” Culture and the City in East Asia, (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997), ed. Won Bae Kim, Michael Douglas, Sang-Cheul Choe, and Kong Chong Ho, Chapter 8
Thursday 6/23 Tokyo
Location Keio Univ. Sosokan Building 14, DR2 (9:00-12:30pm)
Seminar 9:00-10:30 MMHESS (YS)
Workshop Students Presentations "Small and Intense: Tokyo's Streetscapes"
10:30-10:45 "Yokocho" (Yoshinori Nakajima, Keio Student)
10:45-11:00 "Commercial Interfaces" (Hironori Oka, Keio Student)
11:00-11:15 "Tokyo Small Houses" (Kensuke Kita, Keio Student)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 St Mary’s Cathedral (Tange)
Reading
Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer, “Tokyo Metabolism,” in Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping, eds. Chuihua Judy Chung, Jeffrey Inaba, Rem Koolhaas, Sze Tsung Leong (Cambridge: Harvard Design School, 2001), 749-762.
Friday 6/24 Tokyo
Location Keio Univ. Sosokan Building 14, DR2 (9:00-12:30pm)
Lecture 9:00-9:45 Disaster Risk Management and Communication in Architecture and Urban Design in Japan (Prof. Masayuki Kohiyama, Associate Professor, Dept. of System Design Eng. Keio Univ.)
Workshop 10:00-12:30 MMHESS Midterm Presentations (YS)
Readings
Kenneth Frampton, “Twilight Gloom to Self-Enclosed Modernity: Five Japanese Architects,” in Tokyo: Form and Spirit, ed. Mildred Friedman, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1986), 221-243.
Saturday 6/25 Tokyo
Free Day
Sunday 6/26 Tokyo-Kyoto
Travel
Monday 6/27 Kyoto
TA Andrew Namias
Site Visit 9:00-4:00 Kyoto Tower Museum of Kyoto, Heian Shrine
Readings
Paul Waley and Nicolas Freve, “Kyoto and Edo Tokyo: Urban Histories in Parallels and Tangents,” Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective, (London: Routledge, 2004), Introduction
Tuesday 6/28 Kyoto
Site Visit 9:00- Imperial Palace, Katsura
Wednesday 6/29 Kyoto
Site Visit 9:00- Kinkakuji, Roanji, Kiyomizudera
Thursday 6/30 Kyoto
Site Visit 9:00- Nara Day Trip: Todaiji, Horyuji
Friday 7/1 Kyoto
Site Visit 9:00- Awaji Daytrip: Honpuku ji (Lotus Temple)
Saturday 7/2 Kyoto
Site Visit 9:00- Uji Daytrip: Byodo in
Sunday 7/3 Kyoto
Free Day
Recommended: Hashimoto Time’s 1, Time’s 2 (Ando), Garden of Fine Arts (Ando)
Monday 7/4 Kyoto
TA Andrew Namias
Site Visit 9:00- Matchiya Preservation Area
Tuesday 7/5 Kyoto
Site Visit 9:00- Osaka Daytrip, Church of the Light, Rokko
Wednesday 7/6 Kyoto-Hiroshima
Travel
Thursday 7/7 Hiroshima
Site Visit 9:00- Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum, Miyajima Island Itsukushima Shrine
Friday 7/8 Hiroshima-Gyeongju
Travel
Saturday 7/9 Gyeongju
Site Visit 9:00- Gyeongju Museum, The Burial Mounds, Bulguksa, Sukgulam
Sunday 7/10 Gyeongju-Seoul
Travel
Site Visit Byoungsansuhwon, Hahwe Village
Monday 7/11 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Orientation 9:00-11:00 Introduction (Prof. Sanki Choe, Univ. of Seoul), Tour of Facilities & Campus
Site Visit 12:00-4:00 Seoul Museum of History, Gyeongbok Palace
Reading
Steven Jacobs, “Introduction: Shreds of Boring Postcards: Towards a Posturban Aesthetics of the Generic and the Everyday,” in Post Ex Sub Dis: Urban Fragmentations and Constructions, ed. Ghent Urban Studies Team (GUST), (Rotterdam: 101 Publishers, 2001), 15-64.
Tuesday 7/12 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Lecture 9:00-10:00 History and Morphology of Seoul (Prof. Kim Sung Hong, UoS)
Lecture 10:30-11:30 Hanok and Preservation (Prof. Eric Reeder, Konkuk Univ.)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 Changduk Palace, Beewon
Reading
Hyungmin Pai, “Modernism Development of Seoul,” in Culture and the City in East Asia, ed. Won Bae Kim, Michael Douglas, Sang-Cheul Choe, and Kong Chong Ho, (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997), 104-123.
Wednesday 7/13 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Lecture 9:00-10:00 Commercial Typology of Seoul (Prof. Bart Reuser, UoS)
Lecture 10:30-11:30 New Town Development, Wangshipri (Prof. Blaz Kriznik, UoS)
Site Visit 1:00-4:00 Bukchon, Insadong, Tapgol Park, Chogae Temple
Reading
Kim Sung Hong, “The Paradox of Public Space in the Asian Metropolis,” German – Korea Public Space Forum, (Frankfurt: Deutsches Architecktur Museum, 2005), 15-22.
Yonhap, “Foreigners fight to preserve Hanok,” Joong Ang Daily, Sept 11, 2010
Thursday 7/14 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Site Visit 9:00-4:00 City Hall Area, Gwangjang Market, Dongdaemun Market, Yongsan Area
Reading
Stefano Boeri, “USE: Uncertain States of Europe,” in Mutations, ed. Hans Ulrich Obrist (Barcelona: Actar, 2001)
Friday 7/15 Seoul
TA Andrew Kim
Site Visit 9:00- Daytrip to Paju Book City and Heyri
Saturday 7/16 Seoul
Free Day
Sunday 7/17 Seoul
Free Day
Monday 7/18 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Studio 9:00-4:00 MMHESS
Free Time 4:00-
Tuesday 7/19 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Studio 9:00-4:00 MMHESS
Free Time 4:00-
Wednesday 7/20 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Studio 9:00-4:00 MMHESS
Free Time 4:00-
Thursday 7/21 Seoul_
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Studio 9:00-4:00 MMHESS
Free Time 4:00-
Friday 7/22 Seoul
Location Univ. of Seoul Architecture Building Room TBD
TA Andrew Kim
Final Review 10:00-4:00 MMHESS
