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International Architectural Criticism Lab
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A lab that re-examines, from a wide range of perspectives, why a given building was built.
AboutAbout the lab
Asking why buildings are built
The International Architectural Criticism Lab studies the development of contemporary Japanese architecture from the standpoint of theory and criticism.
The lab believes that now, when design and construction technologies have become highly advanced, it is all the more necessary to ask the fundamental question of why buildings have been built.
By carefully reading texts, images, and the buildings themselves, the lab situates architecture within the broad contexts of art, culture, politics, and economics.
Students work on both writing critical texts and experimental design.
Key terms
- architectural criticism
- Interpreting buildings and architectural ideas, and discussing their meaning and value
- architectural theory
- A body of ideas about how architecture should be thought about and how it should be made
ResearchResearch themes
By carefully reading texts, images, and buildings, the lab aims to build a theoretical understanding of the development of contemporary Japanese architecture and a critical standpoint on it.
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- ProfessorDANIELL Thomas Charles
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Architectural Block - Frank Lloyd Wright - MoMA ( )” Paul Sableman / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Reading contemporary Japanese architecture in a broad context: “21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa011” 金沢市 / CC BY 2.1 jp (cropped)
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