Handout 20110112 - Schedule and Topics

Schedule and Topics

Jan 12, 2011    1.    Introduction: An Asian Perspective by C Roskam   
Jan 19, 2011    2.    Culture, Space and Type     (issue of study project)   
Jan 26, 2011    3.    Tectonic and the Evolution of Style   
Feb 02, 2011   4.    Chinese New Year   
Fed 09, 2011   5.    Pagoda and early Buddhist Architecture
Fed 16, 2011   6.    Temple : China, Korea and Japan   
Fed 23, 2011   7.    Field Study: Chi Lin Temple   
Mar 02, 2011   8.    Reading Week   
Mar 09, 2011   9.    Temple: India and Southeast Asia            (project 1)   
Mar 16, 2011   10.    University Holiday   
Mar 23, 2011   11.    City and Dwelling                                     (project 2)   
Mar 30, 2011   12.    Imperial Architecture: Palace                    (project 3)   
Apr 06, 2011    13.   Imperial Architecture: Altar and Tomb       (project 4)   
Apr 13, 2011    14.   Landscape and Garden: The Origin           (project 5)
Apr 20, 2011    15.   Landscape and Garden: Ming and After    (project 6)   

Handout 20110119 - Culture, Space and Types

Culture, Space and Types

A.    Introduction
  1.     The Study on History and Theory of Chinese Architecture in a Regional Context
  2.      Man, Nature and Physical Environment

B.     Culture & Space
  1.      Culture Geography and Early Chinese Architecture
        a.  Culture of Earth: Yang Shao 仰韶 / Long Shan 龍山culture in the North
        b.  Culture of Wood and Water: Hemudu 河姆渡 / Liangzhu良渚culture in the South
  2.    Confucianism and the Concept of Li 禮: from Shang 商, Zhou 周 to Han 漢
        a.  Heaven, Earth and Man 天, 地, 人
        b.  Order, Ritual and Spatial Layout  
        c.  Yin Yang 陰陽 and Five Elements 五行
  3.    Beyond  Confucianism  
        a.  China & India: City of Man and Mountain of God
        b.  Square & Circle 天圓地方
        c.  Wood & Stone
        d.  Confucianism & Daoism

C.    Features of Chinese Architecture
 1.    Formal Elements and Spatial Character:
        a.  Components:
        -    Roof: Gabled 硬山/懸山, Hipped 廡殿, Half-gabled and Half-hipped 歇山, Pyramidal 攢尖;  roof  ridge and roof tile
        -    Column and Wall 牆柱 /牆身
        -    Base 基座
        b.  Structure and Construction:
        -    Column and beam 柱樑
        -    Bracket / Dou-gong 斗拱
        c. Module bay / Kai-jian 開間: space between structural frame / columns, walls and partitions to define space
        d.  Courtyard:
        -    Formal: Symmetry, orientation and axis
        -    Social: Order, sequence and hierarchy
        -    Environmental: landscape, fengshui, lighting and ventilation
        -    Functional: use, security and privacy
        e.  Sequence: Jin 進/ numbers of courtyards

Case study on Chinese or Asian Architecture

Group Project:           Case study on Chinese or Asian Architecture (30%)

You are to form a 3-person team, select one building or element from the attached list.  By re-drawing its basic information (plans, elevations and sections), you are to understand its historical contexts, analyze ideas of its site planning, spatial layout, tectonic principle, detailing and material quality.  You are also encouraged to use physical models or to develop innovative representations and analytical drawings (axometric or perspective, diagrams) to demonstrate your understanding of this building.

Outline:

Each team should hand-in one A4 page outline and list the reference readings for the building you are to study to Angela Ting by Feb 9, 2009.

Presentation:

Each team will do one 8 minutes, power-point presentation on the outcome of the study before your final submission. 

Schedule:  March 9/23/30 and April 6/13/20  from 1130 am to 1230

Submission:

Each team should submit one A1 panels of your drawings and or models for display, and one 12-page group report in A4 format, including one page of writings for each group members, by May 11, 2011 to Angela Ting.

Lecture 1-Culture, Space and Types

Lecture 2 - Tectonic and Ecolution of Style

Handout 20110209 - Pagoda and Early Buddhist Architecture

Pagoda and Early Buddhist Architecture

A.       The Formation of Basic Elements and Spatial Concepts

1.      Stupa  萃堵坡（舍利塔）

2.      Chaitya 講堂 and Vihara 精舍;

-          Mahayana/Great Vehicle 大乘佛教 (from the north silk road)

-          Hinayana/Lesser Vehicle 小乘佛教 (from the south silk road)

3.      Sacred Mountain, Mandala and Circumambulation

4.      Deities

        -  Buddha 佛: Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛, Amitahba 阿彌陀佛, Maitreya 彌勒佛 (Mile)

        -  Bodhisattva 菩薩: Avalokitesvara 觀音菩薩 (Guanyin), Manjusra 文殊菩薩 (Wenshu),

         Samantabhadra 普賢菩薩 (Puxian), Ksitigarbha 地藏王菩薩

     -  Lohan羅漢 (大迦葉, 阿難, 舍利弗 ) and Feitien 飛天

     -  Heavenly King 天王and Worrier 力士

Lecture 3 - Pagoda and Early Buddhist Architecture