A Study on Architectural Theory Aof Joseon Period in Articles by Jun Itami

Abstract

This paper is a part of the researches to characterize and identify the architectural theory of Jun Itami (1937-2011) through all the currently available articles written by him. The keywords were sorted out as items and examined from the viewpoint of hierarchy of the meaning. As the first level of his architectural thought, three items of Joseon period , South Korea , Modern Japan were extracted. This paper is examining Joseon period consisted the second level of two items of Objects and Spirit .

Study on the architectural theory of 《Nature》, 《Human spirit》, and 《Cities》 of 【Contemporary Japan】 in articles by Jun Itami

“…[Note 1] Three major concepts constituting his architectural theory were extracted: 【Joseon period】, 【Korea】, and 【Contemporary Japan】. Among these, the first paper 1 examines the 【Joseon period】 and the second 2 examines【Korea】. 《Architecture》, the core of the four concepts, which constitutes 【Contemporary Japan】,[Note 2] is examined based on the idea that the other three concepts at the same level of significance must be examined first.…”