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Chinese arch (2 key aspects)
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Continuityhierarchy--->wooden sxr, no high value on permanence
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Chinese 3 main bldg elements
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-elevated base-post frame - columns/sxr - modular spacing-floating roof(curved) - free façade
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HUTONG courtyard house - basic unitsenclosurefeng shuiincreasingly private towards back
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Forbidden city beijing 1420few monumental bldgs, horizontal - 3 sets of enclosures walled citiesaxisfeng shui balance
PROCESSIONAL NATURE OF PLAN |
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Hall of supreme harmony 1627
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Japan
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Chinese influence, emperor is supreme being on earth
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Himeji castle, hyogo prefecture, 1600feudal castle of SHOGUNS (warrior-rulers)intentionally disorienting layoutduty of invaders to burn castle / inhabitants suicide-elimination of central axis / bilateral symm from china
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Zen buddhism
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From china: austerity, simplicity, meditationbuilt upon shinto: belief in sacredness of earthminimal means to suggest powerful spiritual presence
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Dry garden, RYOANJI, kyoto, 1500restricted viewsvoid not empty, looks inwards15 rocks cannot all be seen at once, odd#, iceberg buried--->living processenclosure
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Tea ceremony / ritual
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Refined by sen-no-rikyu (1520-91)meditative excercise + escape from feudal society
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Imperial villa of katsura rikyu, kyoto, 1605-63patrons Princes Toshihito + Noritadaabstract and aestheticized version of rural rusticityasymm and flexibility of int space, diagonal int. flow of mvmt,staged views from int-ext
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 Topkapi saray, istanbul, 15th-19th C (OTTOMAN)residence of ottoman suitorsnot bilaterally symm, zoning by privacy gradient (similarity to forbidden city…) |
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çinili kiosk (tiled pavillion), 1465persian "hasht bihisht" (8paradises plan)tiling decoration islamic calligraphy pixellation
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Kiosk of kara mustafa pasha, late 17thlow windows, open plansofa, divan
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Ottoman arch tradition
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Shaped by exposure to other cultures
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