Architecture, city and culture in East Asia

This course aims to provide a wide range of approaches to the complexity of the architectural, urban and cultural context in East Asia, assuming requirements from different fields of human activity, understanding and sensibility. To this end, architectural and urban knowledge will be integrated within the scope of cultural tradition and social framework without avoiding the diversity of East Asian physical environments.

As this complex issue admits different approaches, we do not seek to impose a simple vision, but rather to encourage students the development of their own perspective and conceptual talents. Consequently, we will offer a transversal and diachronic vision based on conceptual criteria to describe the meaning of some postulates that have been developed over time and have a substantial impact on the current situation and meaning of East Asian architecture, city and culture.

Registration dates 23 September 2024 04 October 2024

Course dates 07 October 2024 29 October 2024

Registration is now closed

Learning outcomes

This course aims to provide a wide range of approaches to the complexity of the architectural and urban reality in East Asia, assuming requirements from different fields of human activity, understanding and sensibility.

Course content

This course offers 11 sessions in 8 different days:

October 7. From 13:00 to 13:45.

Ecological city development in China. Prof. Yang Su. Beijing University of Technology (China).

October 8. From 11:00 to 11:45.

Cultural and environmental values of traditional East Asian architecture. Prof. José Manuel Almodóvar. University of Seville (Spain).

October 8. From 17:00 to 17:45.

Relationship between language and culture: learning Chinese is also learning to think like a Chinese. Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Miranda Márquez. Director of the Confucius Institute, University of Seville (Spain).

October 14. From 13:00 to 13:45.

Resilient public space in the context of climate change and challenge in China. Prof. Dr. Hanxin Liu. Guilin Technical University (China).

October 15. From 11:00 to 11:45.

Japanese first capital cities from a historic and sociocultural perspective: Nara and Kyoto. Prof. José M. Almodóvar. University of Seville (Spain).

October 15. From 17:00 to 17:45.

Feng Shui: cultural basis and contemporary relevance. Prof. Dr. Ismael Domínguez Sánchez de la Blanca. University of Seville (Spain).

October 21. From 13:00 to 13:45.

Climate responsiveness in traditional Vietnamese architecture. Prof. Dr. Van Khang Huynh. Institute of Smart City and Management, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).

October 22. From 11:00 to 11:45.

The influence of China in the Spanish literature. Prof. Dr. Rafael Martín Rodríguez. Universities of Camilo José Cela, CEU San Pablo y Pontificia de Comillas (Spain).

October 22. From 17:00 to 17:45.

Japan and the emergence of modern postulates. Records of a cultural symbiosis. Prof. José M. Almodóvar. University of Seville (Spain).

October 28. From 13:00 to 13:45.

Planning of Shanghai as a rising global city. Prof. Jieming Zhu. Tongji University (China).

October 29. From 11:00 to 11:45.

Culture of traditional Chinese architecture. Dr. Xiaoxin Zhao. Nanjing University (China).

The Ulysseus Academic Offer allows interested students to get to know other Ulysseus partner universities. They can participate in one or more academic courses or jointly-organized courses each semester. Please note that students will only be able to register for courses offered by universities other than their own. This is to ensure that inter-university contacts are established and intercultural experiences can take place.