Tending to Life: Ecology of Maintenance in Japan (Japan)
Manuscript of Maintenance
Tending to Life: Ecology of Maintenance in Japan
Japan
When maintenance is a way of life, architecture unfolds in dramatically different ways. Looking at systems across Japan, I observed maintenance as coexistence, cyclical, reciprocal, modular, sometimes laborious, aging and living.
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The Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program grants travel awards each spring for selected students to support work grounded in architectural design research. The awards facilitate research related to a range of diverse contexts, practices and cultures. Students are encouraged to take on research projects in areas of their choice that will be further developed through research papers, a thesis or independent study.