Designing Mindfulness: Spatial Concepts in Traditional Japanese Architecture
https://www.japansociety.org/event/designing-mindfulness-spatial-concepts-in-traditional-japanese-architecture
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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25 Comments
came here to get modeling ideas in blender and roblox studio 😀
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I'm a little confused. Can someone help explain to me? I thought everything happens in the mind… even the sense of smell is something that happens in the brain?
This is very interesting! What a person!
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.
1.25x speed makes this much more listenable.
12:25 Giacomo Leopardi – L'infinito
25:35 to 25:55 so beautiful!
Mindfulness in design is so important. Loved the lecture !
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!
Delightful!
I'm In South Africa and would appreciate to have that slide on Japanese Architecture for academic purposes.
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.
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.
Loved this presentation but i relized that i hate ASMR -_-
Das great architect of de universe
now begins to appear
as a pure mathematician.
Can I get this in a book I have searched everywhere I can’t find it
A very poor understanding of Zen and its relationship to the development of Temple design and landscaping….
just read Transcending architecture: contemporary views on sacred space, youre gucci.
did she coin 'social distance'?
Love this insight into mindful space full living
I’m here to design in Minecraft
Beautiful sense of aesthetics.
wow
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.