Syllabus data

Academic year
2025Year
Term
First Semester
Course title
Architectural History and Theory in Europe
Class type
Lecture
Course title (ENG)
Architectural History and Theory in Europe
Class code・Class name・Teaching forms
Z1900009 Architectural History and Theory in Europe
Instructor
NAKASHIMA Tomoaki
Credits
2.0Credits
Day and Time
Tue.2Period
Campus
Shinjuku Campus
Location
A-0514教室

Relationship between diploma policies and this course
A) A high degree of specialized expertise 100%
B) The skills to use science and technology 0%
C) The ability to conduct research independently, knowledge pertaining to society and occupations, and sense of ethics required of engineers and researchers 0%
D) Creative skills in specific areas of specialization 0%
Goals and objectives
The "History" is a human collective Memory. Personal or collective identity is composed of this "History". The "History" relativizes our thinking. Your knowledge of the architectural history supports your architectural "Theory", one of main domains of "Architecture", as important as "Fabrication" according to Vitruve.

In this course, you understand diverse cultural, political and social contexts of historic buildings by means of diverse methodologies of the architectural history which you learn reading a paper or a work concerning the architectural history and analysing its background, aim, method and conclusion.
Prerequisites
None.
Method Using AL・ICT
Interactive classes using ICT

Class schedule
1. Introduction of Opera into France: Salle des machines at Tuileries Palace
 Architectural features of the Salle des machines and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
2. Birth of the French Opera: Theaters of Paris Opera in the Early period
 Architectural features of theaters of Paris Opera in the Early period and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
3. Paris Opera under Louis XIV : Salle du Palais Royal
 Architectural features of the Salle du Palais Royal and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
4. idem
5. Divertissements of Versailles: Opera representations in temporary theaters
 Architectural features of Versailles temporary theaters and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
6. idem
7. Paris Opera under Louis XV : Nouvelle salle du Palais Royal
 Architectural features of the nouvelle salle du Palais Royal and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
8. Opéra royal of Versailles : noces of Marie-Antoinette d’Autriche and Louis de France
 Architectural features of the Opéra royal of Versailles and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
9. Paris Opera under Louis XVI and the French Revolution : Salle de la porte Saint-Martin
 Architectural features of the salle de la porte Saint-Martin and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
10. Neo-Classical theaters: Salle de la rue de Richelieu by Victor Louis
 Architectural features of the salle de la rue de Richelieu and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
11. idem
12. Paris Opera in 19th century: Salle Le Peletier
 Architectural features of the Salle Le Peletier and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
13. Paris Opera under Napoleon III: Palais Garnier
 Architectural features of the Palais Garnier and represented works
 Preparatory learning: Reading résumés concerning this lecture
14. Revising lectures
 Preparatory learning: Revising lectures
15. Revising lectures
 Preparatory learning: Revising lectures

Evaluation
Two credits are given to persons of 60 points or more of paper.
Feedback for students
Oral comment when returning the report.

Textbooks
None.
Reference materials
AUCLAIR Mathias (dir.) : L'Opéra de Paris : 350 ans d'histoire, Montreuil, 2019 (in French)
MIURA, Atsushi, et al.: Dialogues of the Muses: The Paris Opera House and the Arts, Artizon Museum, 2022 (in Japanese / English)

Office hours and How to contact teachers for questions
Time and day: 13:30-14:00, Wednesday, First semester
Office: room 2676, 26F, Shinjuku campus
Message for students
I recognize that the activities of your studio are the most important, but I think that participation in diverse courses is also important for evoking various interests worthy of master course student. I hope that this course helps your study at the master course.

Course by professor with work experience
Not applicable
Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable

Teaching profession course
Architecture Program