Course title
R12316022
History of Housing　and　Interior　Design

 SHIMBO Akiko Click to show questionnaire result at 2018
Course description
This course is designed both for international students and for second-year and third-year Japanese students to broaden their knowledge of the history of housing and interior design. The course mainly deals with English and Japanese houses and domestic interiors from the eighteenth century to the present, from social and cultural perspectives including custom, identity, gendered spaces and class. It also provides comparative case studies of keeping and using old houses: Japanese kominka and English country houses to encourage students to have discussion. (As the course requires students' participation (group discussions and individual presentations), the class size is expected to be around 25 people. If more than 30 people wish to take the course, the instructor will arrange the order of the priority of the registration in the first class, so please make sure to attend the first class.)
Purpose of class
This course aims to provide an introduction to the history of housing and interior design, giving several important themes from the field. It also gives students opportunities to compare Japanese with other housing cultures from social and cultural perspectives.
Goals and objectives
  1. Students will learn a basic level of terms, methodology and sources used in the history of housing and interior design.
  2. Students will understand several important themes from the history of housing and interior design and compare Japanese with other housing cultures.
  3. Students will also conduct their own research on houses and interior designs and develop their ideas through class discussions and presentations.
Language
English
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1. Introduction Review the class 190minutes
2. England (1) English houses and furniture: from social and cultural perspectives Review the class 190minutes
3. England (2) Gendered spaces, class and identity in 18th- and 19th- century English homes and domestic interiors Review the class 190minutes
4. England (3) Using houses for centuries: repairs, maintenance and openness of country houses in 21st-century England Review the class 190minutes
5. Japan (1) Japanese houses: from social and cultural perspectives Review the class 190minutes
6. Japan (2) Furniture and domestic interiors in Edo period Review the class 190minutes
7. Japan (3) Culture, custom and identity: the coexistence of Japanese and Western styles in Meiji period Review the class 190minutes
8. Japan (4) Dojunkai and danchi: the culture of apartment blocks in the twentieth century Review the class 190minutes
9. Japan (5) Using houses for centuries: the renovation and reuse of kominka (old houses) Review the class 190minutes
10. Students’ final presentations (1) Prepare a presentation 190minutes
11. Students’ final presentations (2) Prepare a presentation 190minutes
12. Students’ final presentations (3) Prepare a presentation 190minutes
13. Discussion and comparative studies (1) Opening private residential gardens to the public: open gardens in the past and the present Review the class 190minutes
14. Discussion on the project (1) Open Preservation': Using and Keeping old furniture together (Kyushu University Museum Project) Review all the classes 190minutes
Total. - - 2660minutes
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 A final presentation In-class discussion and assignments Total.
1. 10% 20% 30%
2. 10% 20% 30%
3. 20% 20% 40%
Total. 40% 60% -
Evaluation method and criteria
A final presentation (speech): 40%
In-class discussion and assignments: 60%

(Students are required to attend at least two thirds of the classes.)

To get 60 points in total for your final grade, you need to submit all the required assignments using a basic level of terms and methodology learnt in the classes and give a presentation (speech) on houses and interior designs.
Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.
ways of feedback specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class
Textbooks and reference materials
Handouts and selected reading materials will be distributed by the instructor.
Prerequisites
An interest in the history of housing and interior design is essential.
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Office hours: 12:30-13:10, Mondays (by appointment)
    You can also contact the instructor by email.
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
  • Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
  • Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
  • Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
Active-learning course
About half of the classes are interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
N/A 該当しない
Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 11.SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
  • 12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
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