To broaden students’ insights into global architectural design, the Architecture Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mataram will hold a guest lecture with a resource person, Prof. Thomas Daniell from Kyoto University, Japan
This guest lecture will take place starting Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Mataram, and will be attended by the Head of the Architecture Study Program, lecturers, and students.
LECTURE 1
Space-Time in Japanese Architecture
An overview of the spatial and temporal techniques used in the composition of Japanese traditional buildings.
Fukada Art Museum, Kyoto
LECTURE 2
Metabolism and After
An overview of the constant reinvention and refinement of Japanese architecture, from the post-Second World War visions of the Metabolists to the post-Tohoku Earthquake proposals of the current generation.
Toyo Ito, Home-For-All, Rikuzentakata
LECTURE 3
Material Computation
An overview of self-build projects in architectural pedagogy, with a particular focus on the use of bamboo as a structural material.
Pulse Pavilion, Macau
Speaker Info
Thomas Daniell is Professor of Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism at Kyoto University, Japan. His books include FOBA: Buildings (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005), After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008), Houses and Gardens of Kyoto (Tuttle, 2010; second edition 2018), Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama + Amorphe (Equal Books, 2011), Kansai 6 (Equal Books, 2011), and An Anatomy of Influence (AA Publications, 2018).
