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Summary
Summary
Architects throughout the world hold Japan's best architecture in high regard, considering the country's buildings among the world's most carefully crafted and innovative. While many books, magazines, and exhibitions have focused on the results of architectural practice in Japan, this book is the first to explain the reasons for Japan's remarkable structures. Architecture does not occur in isolation; Japan's architects are able to collaborate with a wide variety of people from professional consultants to constructors.
Dana Buntrock discusses architecture as a part of the construction community, moving from historical precedents that predate the emergence of the architectural profession in Japan through to contemporary practices.
Author Notes
Dana Buntrock is an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| Historical Precedents |
| Craft in Early Modern Japan (1590-1868) |
| Drawing the Line: The Carpenter as Architect |
| The Question of Architectural Styles in Two Historically Significant Buildings |
| Manufacturing as a Challenge to Traditional Buildings Trades (1868-1945) |
| Design in the Nineteenth Century |
| The Emergence of Architectural Practice in Japan |
| Education and the Professions |
| The University |
| IEMOTO |
| Transferring Knowledge from the University |
| Architecture Practice Today |
| Four Models of Design Development |
| Leading Architects as 'Lead Users' |
| A Cluster of Innovations |
| The Roots of Collaborative Practice |
| Design Teams |
| Linkages Between Professionals |
| Team Players |
| Building Cooperative Teams |
| Trade-Outs |
| Working in the Midst of Construction |
| General Contractors: Collaborators and Competition |
| Consultants and Constructors in Alliance |
| Sejima's Shopping Bag |
| Innovating Through Team Effort |
| Subcontracting and Other Corporate Alliances |
| The Benefits of Oligopoly |
| Two Paths to Customization |
| Architects and Craft |
| The Architect and Crafter in Alliance: Shonandai Bunka Center |
| The Architect and Industry |
| Implications in Architecture |
| Lead Users in Collaborative Design |
| Being Flexible Within Clear Boundaries |
| Genuine Drawbacks of Collaborative Methods |
| Working with Customization |
| Ancient Equipment |
| Avant-Garde Architecture in the Public Realm |
| Political Support |
| Government Support |
| Pressure to Perform |
| The Role of Public Commissions |
| Cronyism and 'Descending from Heaven' |
| Riken Yamamoto and Saitama University |
| Legal Issues |
| Contracts |
| Contracts in Japan's Legal and Social Community |
| Contracts in Japan's Architectural Community |
| Political Economists' Justifications for 'Incomplete Contracts' |
| Tort: Covering the Costs of Liability and Negligence |
| The Judicial System |
| Discouraging Litigation |
| Sendai Mediatheque in Crisis |
| Conclusion |
| Increasingly Innovative |
| Learning from Japan |
