Sustaining culture in Japanese architecture: preservation, relocation and adaptive reuse
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 09:22authored byBell, EK
The UNESCO World Heritage listed buildings at Nara (奈良), including the temple complex of Tôdai‐ji (東大寺), the Edo Tokyo Tatemono‐en (江戸東京たてもの園, Edo‐Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum), and the architectural and economic renewal of Naoshima (直島), an island located in the Seto Inland Sea, offer three approaches to maintaining architectural, and intangible culture in Japan. Here sustainability of physical and intangible culture is necessarily interwoven with matters of governmental policies, economics and tourism, and with matters of the valorization and commodification of the built environment and intangible cultural practices, and their attendant consequences for sustainable practice. Each of these three examples foregrounds issues of architectural ‘authenticity,’ where sustainability is in part addressed through strategies of preservation and continual rebuilding, through relocation, or through adaptive reuse coupled with new architectural projects.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools in Australasia
Pagination
1-9
ISBN
978-0-475-12346-6
Department/School
School of Architecture and Design
Publisher
AASA
Place of publication
Wellington, New Zealand
Event title
5th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools in Australasia
Event Venue
Wellington, Zealand
Date of Event (Start Date)
2009-09-04
Date of Event (End Date)
2009-09-05
Rights statement
Copyright 2009 the Authors
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Expanding knowledge in built environment and design