Designing Mindfulness: Spatial Concepts in Traditional Japanese Architecture

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6 жыл бұрын

Designing Mindfulness: Spatial Concepts in Traditional Japanese Architecture
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Why do Japanese gardens, tea rooms, and temples seem to encourage us to feel contemplative? Can our physical environment foster mindfulness? At this talk Dr. Yoko Kawai, lecturer at Yale School of Architecture and co-founder of Mirai Work Space, examines how different elements and aspects of traditional Japanese architecture help us focus our awareness on the present moment. Japanese spatial concepts like ma (in-betweenness), utsuroi (transience) and yugen (the unknown) are discussed as the framework of this mind-body-space relationship.
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@sheemakarp6424 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant presentation & even more brilliant Q&A ! 🙏🏽 I was so sad when the host said, “0k, now the last question …”

@agustin.tidona 4 жыл бұрын

This is both interesting and asmr

@elisa.alexander 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is the first of heard of Dr. Kawai, and I am blown away by her brilliant analysis and ability to convey her findings in such a clear and succinct presentation. I’m currently working on a research paper on the translation of Zen Buddhism in the architecture of Tofuku-ji Temple, and this lecture has been the most invaluable resource in guiding my analysis. Thank you so much!

@abdullahalbishr 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to read your paper when finished. Japanese architectural concepts are deeply interesting and inspiring!

@jenyatsuki5513 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I am currently writing my Dissertation, where one chapter focuses on the translation of Zen in Design, and this Lecture has very much made my life easier. Thank you so much!

@elisa.alexander 2 жыл бұрын

@@abdullahalbishr You’d be the first! It’s pretty long. 😂 but I got an ‘A,’ so I think I did well 😊

@elisa.alexander 2 жыл бұрын

@@jenyatsuki5513 ooh good luck! And you picked a great topic. I thoroughly enjoyed writing that paper, and as an architecture student I’ve noticed that my designs have definitely been influenced (and improved) by what I learned.

@jenyatsuki5513 2 жыл бұрын

@@elisa.alexander thank you so much! I have been very interested in that topic for years now, and I hoped it would become my final dissertation topic. I appreciate your words and congratulate you on getting that A! It would be of huge interest to read your paper if you publish it someday :)

@bumblebaa2327 4 жыл бұрын

Remarkable to have these three abstract architectural elements so clearly defined in words. And then illustrated with examples from Japanese architecture. I can now see them being used in various designs, ranging from Roman to Bauhaus to F.L. Wright to English garden design to Dutch Golden Age paintings. Excellent lecture.

@justadudeintheworldman.120 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I’m really drawn towards Japanese & Chinese use of spaces both interior & exterior. I’m not a huge fan of the actual buildings or temples design with the sharp points and the roofs. But I really like the layout designs. The use of transitional spaces/boundaries in motion and the blur of exterior interior facets, few straight line sights into spaces & the meandering paths of discovery. That I’m fascinated with.

@mr.dalerobinson 3 жыл бұрын

It’s quite reasonable to resonate with principles and ideals but prefer them from your own cultural or personal experience. I’m currently working to understand the fundamental ideals of Zen gardens but apply it with my own aesthetic values. I’m intrigued by aspects of eastern cultures, but im not sure I’d want to live in it. I suppose you’re most comfortable with what you grew up with, but life and culture can be enhanced with other perspectives.

@justadudeintheworldman.120 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.dalerobinson Definitely agree with you. I like looking at different cultures & countries & taking what resonates with me & try to use it in my life where I am. Take what is useful & use it so to speak. Some people take ‘the all or nothing’ approach which I don’t agree with. Since you like Zen gardens, you must like Zen temples etc. Certain things about Japanese architecture I’m not a fan of, the sharp pointed roofs of traditional buildings, the opening & closing of doors between each room. But the gardens, and the blur between outside & inside with pathways, patios, verandas I think that’s done really well.

@jaybonn5973 3 жыл бұрын

I am quite the opposite.

@Constantinesis 2 жыл бұрын

These concepts really do not belong only to Japanese culture. They have been discovered by Japanese wisdom and experience but they should be shared and cherish by everyone! This is what world heritage and common knowledge really means. Culture is also science.

@Gianelli9 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sense of aesthetics.

@vonsassy 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. So happy to find this lecture.

@renaodesignstudio 3 жыл бұрын

Mindfulness in design is so important. Loved the lecture !

@bonganichief 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think the lecture can share the slide with other students. I'm In South Africa and would appreciate to have that slide for academic purposes.

@gabrieljardine 3 жыл бұрын

This is very interesting! What a person!

@kriyabreath3111 2 жыл бұрын

Love this insight into mindful space full living

@priyankasantosh6542 3 жыл бұрын

25:35 to 25:55 so beautiful!

@Aiken47 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I often draw floor plans but can only do it with the knowledge of what the land and surrounding topography is at the site. I find it very difficult to imagine a “ideal” floor plan in a unlimited space as on a page without a topographic location to put the house. I think I know why now. I originally came to an appreciation of Japanese aesthetic through bonsai, landscaping and gardening elements.

@MjolnirMarks Жыл бұрын

From day 1 at architecture school, the site was the key feature. Without the site, the architectural intervention cannot take form. At least that’s how I was educated.

@samarthur9747 3 жыл бұрын

Delightful!

@nura111ful 4 жыл бұрын

amazing

@bonganichief 3 жыл бұрын

I'm In South Africa and would appreciate to have that slide on Japanese Architecture for academic purposes.

@satnamo 3 жыл бұрын

Das great architect of de universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

@Zanimater 3 жыл бұрын

Can I get this in a book I have searched everywhere I can’t find it

@alessandrogentile718 3 жыл бұрын

12:25 Giacomo Leopardi - L'infinito

@ashchw923 5 жыл бұрын

So amazing!

@chetnabhanwal3588 5 жыл бұрын

It is a very interesting seminar . I would like to now more about the spatial concept of Japanese architecture. Would you suggest me any book, research paper or website where i can read more about the topic.

@bumblebaa2327 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend the book "Créateurs du Japon" by Salat, it echoos this lecture. But it's kinda old (1986) and it's in French. I guess I always read it through the principle of "Yugen" that the prof. talks about to the book: the imagined landscape (book) is richer than the actual thing.

@lildreamies 3 жыл бұрын

'Thinking Through the Gap: The Space of Japanese Architecture' by Adrian Snodgrass

@davidrunggaldier5606 2 жыл бұрын

It might be a little late but I got a really inspiring book on japanese architecture called „How to build a japanese House“ from Cathelijne Nuijsink.

@andreawilwayco2007 5 жыл бұрын

💖💖💖

@ld_raine4247 4 жыл бұрын

Came here for detailed info for Minecraft. Found so much more

@Aiken47 Жыл бұрын

I’d also tie the difference between Genka and American homes like this, Japanese are modest and don’t parade their wealth with fanfare, Americans appear to want to display everything and show it off as though it means their value as a human is tied to it as a status symbol.

@DrakeEastwood 2 жыл бұрын

did she coin 'social distance'?

@chahahc 3 жыл бұрын

1.25x speed makes this much more listenable.

@andreapipitone4464 16 күн бұрын

facts

@kalliaste 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this presentation but i relized that i hate ASMR -_-

@troycequimpo6685 2 жыл бұрын

just read Transcending architecture: contemporary views on sacred space, youre gucci.

@deezynar 4 жыл бұрын

I have books on Japanese gardens and architecture, and have thought about why they are so appealing to me for many years. I have come up with many ideas why I like them, and none of them match the ideas she gives, except for the idea of mystery. I do not think that what she is saying is wrong for Asians, I just think it is irrelevant for a Westerner like myself. I don't share the background of Asian religious beliefs, and the things that Asian children are taught are not found in my system of thinking at all.

@sakshisingh8030 3 жыл бұрын

You are not asian but she herself is. So just stfu. Have a good day.

@deezynar 3 жыл бұрын

@@sakshisingh8030 I am mystified at what you said in response to what I wrote. I did not criticize her. I did not criticize Japanese gardens, nor did I criticize Asian religious beliefs, or anything at all. The point I made was that I am a Westerner and Japanese gardens are very appealing to me, but the things that attract me are very different from the points made by the Asian Woman in the video. It is intriguing that a garden style (or anything) can appeal so strongly to people who hold such widely differing philosophies. It is clear that each group appreciates them for very different reasons.

@sakshisingh8030 3 жыл бұрын

@@deezynar for many years the doors for the foreigner in Japan was closed because they never wanted their culture get influenced by the foreign countries. These Japanese people have lived their lives on their ancestors beliefs. And for me it makes sense because they have been practicing some real real good techniques and philosophy which is making this human thing to work. There are two things in human history- against the nature or with nature. Their culture was with nature for all the time.

@sakshisingh8030 3 жыл бұрын

And I am not saying anything about your perspective to see I’m just against your solid statement. And I’m sorry for the mean words. :) No shades.

@einatcooper2575 3 жыл бұрын

LOVED IT! Going to use the concept in my own talk about 間. One remark - as a lecturer, if one has such a strong accent, it is better to avoid using a word like "blur", which was a key term in this talk and sounded like "Blah" throughout... and instead use a more easily pronounced word to express the same.

@sammcgrail3949 2 жыл бұрын

I’m here to design in Minecraft

@davereid-daly2205 2 жыл бұрын

A very poor understanding of Zen and its relationship to the development of Temple design and landscaping....

@409raul 5 жыл бұрын

John Lennon would be proud of her

@bluewaterpines8323 5 жыл бұрын

This is a subtle inappropriate culturally inappropriate remark.although there are elements of her discussion which appear metaphysically avante garde,they are truly the way of the culture.My father was a bauhaus architect,but prior to his occupation where I recognized his work,I was emersed in this perception and philosophy.It is only now,after cultures are diseased we are exploring new alternatives,which have always existed.Be well.I am most content in structures which are open and light,not disrupted by indoctrinated and consumer-driven objects.space is truly what we search for.

@409raul 5 жыл бұрын

@@bluewaterpines8323 wtf are you talking about mate?

@IllyasvielVonEinzbern01suJ 4 жыл бұрын

give me wut u smokin

@mikiisagawa8679 3 жыл бұрын

Her tones and accents, also the way of her speaking are very annoying ! She is giving some wrong ideas about Japanese architecture to the audience. Pretentious and boring.