Building Process Area of Emphasis: Intergrated Design Studio: Two Projects in Japan & Furniture Making

Spring 1994

The design studio assignments included the design of two buildings in Tokyo. The first was a small apartment building in the central area of Shinjuku, and the second an office and apartment building in the western part of Tokyo. The design of both projects took into account the Japanese mixed use housing patterns found in dense urban Tokyo, which focus on the materials used as well as on the cultural design aspects for apartments.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Hansjoachim Neis, Sara Ishikawa

Enrolled students:

Micheal Kao

Contents

Course Material

"Process Studies: A Journal of Architectural Process - Building Furniture", Vol. 2, Spring 1995, edited by Hansjoachim Neis with Chris Gutsche. It includes the work completed by students in the design studios Arch. 201, for five consequitive years, starting in Fall 1990 until Fall 1994, tutored by Christopher Alexander and Hansjoachim Neis 01/03/1995

Student Work, Paper

Authors:

Instructors: Hansjoachim Neis; Students: Carlos Alvarado Jr., Hilary Bates, Cullen Burda, Meg Calkins, Gregg Crimp, Isobel Damelin, George Elvin, Christopher Gutsche, Susan Ingham, Micheal Kao, Jun Kawai, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Danna Lerner, Alice Hsiachuing Lin, John McCu, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

The journal, 102 pages in total, starts with “Notes from the Editor” in which Neis describes the scope and essentials of this course on process and furniture. It then presents the twenty six papers on the pieces of furniture the ...