Exchange program with the MARKHI(A)

Course title

S0855000

Course description

An exchange program with MARKHI, Moscow Institute of Architecture (State academy) in Russia, based on the MOU between SIT. Program (a) , a receiving year, is held in Japan, and Program (b), a sending year, is held in Russia.
In each program students spend aprx.4 weeks to design an urban facility with team members. All team consists of the same number of Russian and Japanese members, and collaborates by adjusting different thoughts, estimations and cultural background, so as to experience what's going to be happened in case of an international design projects.
Official language is English. Final results are to be the same level as an master-graduational work.

Purpose of class

To be able to design architecture with an international common sense.
To be able to communicate with foreign colleague with deferent architectural culture.
To progress each ability for designing and making presentation.

Goals and objectives

	Goals and objectives	Course Outcomes
1.	To be able to design architecture with an international common sense.	6. , 7 , 9.
2.	To be able to communicate with foreign colleague with deferent architectural culture.	6. , 7 , 9.
3.	To progress each ability for designing and making presentation.	6. , 7 , 9.

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	presentation 1-3	mid-jury	presentation 4-8	final jury	Total.
1.	4%	12%	4%	20%	40%
2.	4%	12%	4%	20%	40%
3.	2%	6%	2%	10%	20%
4.					0%
Total.	10%	30%	10%	50%	-

Language

English

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1.	study and visit some urban area and architectural pieces（tokyo）	making the model of the site	140分
2.	study and visit some urban area and architectural pieces（kyoto, osaka）	sketch, note	140分
3.	theme for design	esquisse 1	210分
4.	visit and analysis the site	esquisse 2	210分
5.	presentation 1 （writing the program、making the sketch and models1/500）	esquisse 3	210分
6.	presentation 2 （re-programming, re-making the models, zoning plan1/500 and section1/500）	esquisse 4	210分
7.	presentation 3 （plan1/500, section1/500, modei1/500）	esquisse 5	210分
8.	mid-jury	esquisse 6	210分
9.	presentation 4 （plan1/200, section1/200, modei1/200）	esquisse 7	210分
10.	presentation 5 （plan1/200, section1/200, modei1/200）	esquisse 8	210分
11.	presentation 6 （plan1/200, section1/200, modei1/200, several perspective, detail drawing 1/50）	esquisse 9	210分
12.	presentation 7 （plan1/200, section1/200, modei1/200, several perspective, detail drawing 1/50）	esquisse 10	210分
13.	presentation 8 （plan1/200, section1/200, modei1/200, several perspective, detail drawing 1/50, presentation sheets）	esquisse 11	210分
14.	final jury	editing the portfolio	210分
Total.	-	-	2800分

Evaluation method and criteria

Each presentations with mid and final presentation will be estimated under the above ratio.
perfect score is 100, and the score more than 60 is worthy of getting a credit.
One, who can reach the "Goals and objectives 1-3" if receiving the advices from tutor, is the score 60.

Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.

ways of feedback	specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class

Textbooks and reference materials

"Taira NISHIZAWA 1994-2004" （TOTO publish co.ltd）
"Taira NISHIZAWA 2004-2010, Wooden Works" （LIXI publish co.ltd）
"Nine articles for the contemporary city -Nine defects of the modern city-, Taira NISHIZAWA" （オーム社）

Prerequisites

to read the above monograph

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