URSI 110--The City

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Grand World Tour: Japan

Key Ideas:

• Tatami
• Tokonoma
• Shoji screen
• Aesthetic principles (shizen, wabi, sabi, odd numbers, triangles, etc.)

City Form

• Orthogonal districts 1, 2,

Public Buildings

• Temples 1, 2
• Torii gate 2
• Palaces
• Shinden style
• Shoin style 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Sukiya style 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Tea House 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Commercial/Industrial

• Recycling

Residential/Daily Life

• Streetscapes
• Everyday dwellings (“Minka”) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 24 May 06