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The Bauhaus and Its Influence in Japan
…hool of Human Development and Environment. Born 1958 in Kobe Hyogo Japan. Graduated from the architecture department at Kindai University. F…
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Adobe Windows
Fenestration Observations is a series of window disquisitions by Matthew Fargo. In it the translator of Genpei Akasegawaʼs Hyperart Thomasso…
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran (Part 1)
Iran was an unknown land to me before I visited it myself. My vague image of it had been of a desolate desert dotted with ancient remains. A…
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Windows: Openings and devices
Laurent Stalder a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) has researched various threshold devices in archit…
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Part 6: Proverbs Left to us by Laozi
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma” or “space between ob…
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Part 1: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”
…ron Josetsu” (Introduction to Environmental Architecture Theory Shokoku-sha 1979) to our seminar to speak about their work. Through these le…
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Looking at Freespace through the Windows, Part 2
The Arsenale Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura For Mexico-based architect Rozana Montiel freespace indicates freeing space and actions …
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Movie “The Birth Canal”
… “Conservation Management and Environmental Preservation Plan for a National Historic Site Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine”(2009) ・Tatsuru Sagai “Hiyo…
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Spaces In Between
Korean artist Do Ho Suh who is perhaps best known for his translucent fabric recreations of real buildings has continued to explore the rela…
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You Make a Better Window Than a Door
Fenestration Observations is a series of window disquisitions by Matthew Fargo. In it the translator of Genpei Akasegawaʼs Hyperart Thomasso…
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Movie “THE CORALLUM”
…Studies on Divine & Human Environment in Ryukyuan Rituals” (Tsutomu Iyori Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan 2005) on p.429 2. The current yohai…
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Garlic Window in Vessalico village
Lemon raised under the shining sun; cured ham aged in a rich flavor by growing mold; wine made from grapes raised under well-ventilated perg…
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Architectural Ethnography, Part B
To commemorate the opening of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (May 26th-November 25th 2018) the Window…
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Architectural Ethnography, Part A
To commemorate the occasion of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (May 26th-November 25th 2018) the Windo…
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Architectural Intention behind Technology
Reiser + Umemoto is the architect duo behind the design of the O-14 office tower in Dubai. What ultimately supported the realization of the …
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How Technology Changes the Future of Windows
Nader Tehrani is an Iranian-American designer who has completed numerous architectural projects worldwide. Having served as the Head of the …
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The Maniac Behind The Glasshouse
Kew Gardens is a botanical research institution situated in southwest London and is home to the world’s largest collection of living p…
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“Why is This Guy Asking Me to Think about the U-value and the Leakage?”
Associate Professor Yusuke Obuchi of the University of Tokyo conducted a series of interviews with architects / architectural critic working…
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Thoughts on “The Joys of Making Windows”
This serial article “the Joys of Making Windows” by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory of Keio University comprises five parts and intr…
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What Do You Think of Glass?
…fornia at Berkeley College of Environmental Design and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Eric Owen Moss Architects was founded…
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Movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei”
Windowology: Study on Hashirama-Sochi; Equipment In Between ─Transition of Kikugetsutei─ movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei” Kiku…
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Exhibition “Present State(ment)”
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 one of t…
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Sunny Loggia House
Chie Konno(t e c o)”Sunny Loggia House” The 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 “En: art of n…
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 2
I descended to the center of Larung Gar where it seemed a lecture or assembly had just ended as priests were entering and leaving the buildi…
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Part 3: Apertures for Walking Through
One way to use an aperture is to pass physical things through it. In most cases apertures are installed at the border between an inside spac…
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Window Embracing the Hometown
Part 2 of “The Joys of Making Windows” the serial article by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC introduces a project of maki…
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Part 2: Apertures for View
Apertures have many purposes of uses. They are used as light sources as ventilation and as portals through which people pass. In each of the…
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Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window Now Open
…o. ○Yuichiro Kodama / Window Environmental Contrology How do the wind…
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The Origin of the Idea
One of artist Shizuka Yokomizo’s emblematic works is her Stranger series in which she has used photography to capture the distance between h…
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The Criminology of Windows
…PTED(Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) In an attempt to deal with these windows as a path for trespassing a project aimed at im…
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High-rise condos and windows—from functionality to scenery—
The Attractiveness of A View Partial Ocean View Ocean View Ocean Front. If upon hearing these words you know what they are referring to it i…
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Societies and Fluctuations in Numbers of Windows—Some thoughts on the Question of “windows” During Times of Change
Societies with an Increase in Windows as the Modern The era of modernity was also the era of the window. As populations rose and production …
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Design Action, Self-involvement: The World Seen from Making a Window
Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC implements activities aiming for regeneration and reinforcement of a community with a foc…
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YKK AP presents Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window
…(Professor Graduate School of Environment and Society Tokyo Institute …
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Terunobu Fujimori “Holes”
Terunobu Fujimori has been producing highly original architecture that makes use of nature such as wood soil and plants as exemplified in hi…
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Steel House
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 one of t…
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House at Komazawa Park
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016 one of t…
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Part 3: The Widely Variant Windows of Modern Chinese Architecture
The aperture in Japanese architecture is the “ma” or “space between objects.” The aperture in western architecture is the “hole.” What is it…
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Hiroshi Nakamura Windows and Affection
The following interview was held with architect Hiroshi Nakamura who has been gaining recognition for the numerous projects that he has desi…
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Vol. 1: Windows in Japanese
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “wind…
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Window and Passive Design
… University Prof. at Dept. of Environmental Design Now operates Esteck Planning Institute Ltd. holding the first class architect license and…
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House of Itakura as a Core-House
Window Research Institute interviewed with Mr. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto representative of Atelier Bow-Wow about “House of Itakura” as a Core-Hous…
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Concept of a Window
Mr. Taro Igarashi interviewed Architect Hiroshi Hara who gave influence and posed problems. The interview was attempted to ascertain the res…
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Window and Sharing (Second Half)
Interviewed are now widely noted architects Yuri Naruse and Jun Inokuma who are well known for their project on the theme of “sharing.” The …
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Vol. 0: Windows from the Perspective of Contrastive Etymology
Linguist Yasunari Ueda looks into the origins of words that mean “wind…