Architectural research issues in Japan

Abstract

In Japan, architectural research has been conducted since the end of the ^19th century within engineering faculties, where engineers and architects are trained in the various fields of construction and architectural culture. The presentation will focus on the contribution of the humanities and social sciences - in particular history, anthropology and philosophy - to architectural research. From a historical perspective geared towards contemporary issues such as heritage conservation, the evolution of the urban model and sustainable construction, several examples of research will be presented, from the first doctorate in architecture awarded in 1898, and the first urban studies of the 1960s to the present situation.

Benoît Jacquet

Benoît Jacquet is a lecturer at the École française d'Extrême-Orient, where he heads the Kyoto center. He is a visiting researcher at Kyoto University. After studying architecture and landscape at the École d'architecture de Paris-la Villette and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, he specialized in the history of modern Japanese architecture, first at Kyoto University, then at Tokyo University.

He is co-editor of From the Things Themselves: Architecture and Phenomenology (2012); Vers une modernité architecturale et paysagère. Modèles et savoirs partagés entre le Japon et le monde occidental (2013) and Dispositifs et notions de la spatialité japonaise (2014).