JAPANESE

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JAPANESE ACRCHITECTURE IN THE MEIJI AND HEISEI
PERIODS AND BLAH..
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TRADITINAL AND BLAH..
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Characteristic that have carried through the years

• Historically, architecture in Japan was
  influenced by Chinese architecture ripping of the
  pagodas, although the differences between the two
  are vast
• The Japanese did not paint their wood as much as
  the Chinese counterparts
• The Japanese style was originally designed
  without chairs in min but was transformed during
  the Meiji period where as the Chinese have always
  used cairs

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Influences on Japanese Architecture

• Another major factor in the Japanese style of
  architecture is the climate of the land
• Summers in most of Japan are long, hot, and
  humid, this is shown by the close attention paid
  to air flow.
• The traditional building is raised a little so
  that the air can move around and beneath it. Wood
  was the material of choice because it is cool in
  summer, warm in winter, and more flexible when
  earthquakes pose a threat.

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MEIJI PERIOD AND BLAH..
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Meiji Period Modern Architecture

• Japan was wowed by modern architectural
  techniques brought with with the launch of the
  Meiji Restoration.
• The first buildings to see this light were those
  that used the traditional Japanese wood but used
  western designs and motifs.
• An elementary school in Nagano Prefecture became
  template school for all to be built throughout
  the land.

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Modern Architecture

• In the 1880s, many of Japans people were
  anit-westernization and wanted to keep out the
  bulding stlyes.
• After World War I, traditional Japanese
  architecture was re-amped with the coming of
  architects like Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) of
  the United States and Bruno Taut (1880-1938) of
  Germany came to work in Japan, both of who had a
  major influence on japans architecture.
• After World War I the Japanese began to make
  their own original tweaks to the International
  style in modern architecture.

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Meiji Period ,Modern Architecture

• By the early 20th century, European art styles
  were well mooshed and their marriage produced
  beautiful buildings like the Tokyo Train Station
  and the National Diet Buildings of Japan.

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HEISEI PERIOD AND BLAH..
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The Heisei Period

• After WWII, Japanese architects were posed with
  the challenge of rebuilding Japan with the help
  of the U.S.
• By the mid-1960s this caused the Japanese to
  create many of t their own distinctive styles.
• Some of the more notable Japanese architects
  since 1950 are Kenzo Tange, Sutemi Horiguchi,
  Kunio Maekawa, Togo Murano, Yoshiro Taniguchi,
  Noriaki Kurkokawa, and Arata Isozaki

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The Heisei Period

• Tange Kenzo, one of Japan's most famous and
  influential architects, managed to weld together
  traditional Japanese architecture with modern
  technological advancements.
• In the 50s and '60s he designed several eye
  opening structures, including the Yoyogi
  National Stadium for the 1964 Olympic Games in
  Tokyo.

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Characteristic that have carried through the years

• Kenzo Tange designed the National Gymnasiums in
  1964 for the Tokoyo Olympics
• His structures emphasize the contrast and
  blending of pillars and walls, and with sweeping
  roofs are reminiscent of the tomo-e (an ancient
  whorl-shaped heraldic symbol) are dramatic
  statements of form and movement.

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Modern Japanese House

• Western architecture began to displace
  traditional Japanese architecture.
• Some modern Japanese detached houses still have
  a typically Japanese appearance.

• Despite this they have ben modernised and look
  much more western on the inside aside from the
  straw mats that you may find

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The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for
its eccentric architecture.
Cool isnt it?
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo
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• Japanese buildings rank with the finest in the
  world in terms of technology and formal
  conception.
• Despite this I feel that Japanese architecture
  has lost itself and Tokyo looks to much like New
  York

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THE END
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