2025Year

First Semester

Productions

Lecture

Productions

Z1600002 Productions

KEARNEY Michael

2.0Credits

Wed.3Period

Shinjuku Campus

A-0475教室（大学院工学研究科）

A) A high degree of specialized expertise　0%
B) The skills to use science and technology　80%
C) The ability to conduct research independently, knowledge pertaining to society and occupations, and sense of ethics required of engineers and researchers　20%
D) Creative skills in specific areas of specialization　0%

This course will utilize the three fundamental elements of the Vitruvian design process to analyze productions: in this course, the term productions refers to a myriad of works, including but not limited to, structures, machines, substances created through chemistry, art works and philosophies, planned urban environments, electronic devices, and items created for sale.

The course will begin with an examination of the primary tenet of Vitruvius, the 1st Century BC Roman author. Although referred to as an architect, it must be remembered that the Latin term of that time had a much broader meaning than the term architect holds today: in Rome at that time, the term architect included – architecture, construction engineering and management; civil, material, mechanical, and chemical engineering, and urban planning. Thus, in this course, the term architect will mean one who designs. The primary principle of Vitruvius, expressed in his De architectura, is the Vitruvian Triad: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas, which in this course will be termed structure, function, and aesthetic. The Vitruvian Triad concept will be utilized in analyses of productions from throughout history to reveal that “good” designs adhere to this Vitruvian principle of design.

No Prerequisite

Discussion Debate／Presentation

Week 1: Overview of course; defining the Vitruvian Triad
Weeks 2 – 4: Examination of Ancient World productions (every region of the World)
Week 5: Examination of Medieval European productions
Weeks 6 - 7: Examination of Post-Ancient World Asian productions: East Asia, India, the Islamic World
Week 8: Examination of Renaissance (European) productions
Week 9: Examination of Enlightenment productions that sparked the Industrial Revolution
Weeks 10 – 11: Examination of Industrial Revolution productions
Weeks 12 – 14: Examination of 20th Century productions and Contemporary Productions
Week 15: Contemplation of future productions

Grades will be determined through projects, participation, and papers.

In class verbally and in comments on papers.

No textbook is required for this course.

None required; suggestions:
The Greeks: History, Culture, and Society. Ian Morris & Barry B. Powell. Prentice Hall: 2010.
The Postmodern Urban Condition. Michael J. Dear. Blackwell Publishers: 2000.
Roman World. Greg Woolf (editor). Cambridge University Press: 2003.
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Walter Benjamin. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform: 2010.
A World History of Architecture. Michael Fazio, Marian Moffet, & Lawrence Wodehouse. McGraw-Hill: 2008.

Shinjuku Campus (A-2737): Thursday 13:00 - 13:50 and by appointment.

The thought processes behind the creation of good designs are vital to the productions achieving success; Productions will help you develop these thought processes.

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