ARC 327R / ARC 386M
One hour seminar during Spring semester: ARC 119T, W 5:30PM-6:30PM, SUT 2.112
Open to all SOA students.
Instructors: Danelle Briscoe and Nichole Wiedemann
ARCHITECTURE JAPAN 2027 invites students to experience how one of the world’s most influential design cultures brings architecture, landscape, material craft, and climate adaptation into close dialogue. Through site visits to built works, conversations with local practitioners, and focused study of traditional and contemporary approaches to resilience, students will see how design thinking is embedded in everyday life and culture to create a more sustainable future. This UTSOA Maymester will include Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Gifu, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Naoshima, Teshima, Osaka, and Kobe, with additional locations and experiences to be announced. From gardens and vernacular buildings to Metabolist visions and contemporary biophilic infrastructure, ARCHITECTURE JAPAN 2027, co-taught by Danelle Briscoe and Nichole Wiedemann, offers an essential lens for reimagining sustainable, climate-responsive design in places such as Texas.
