INFLUENCES BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE WEST IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE
TWO CASE STUDIES ILLUSTRATING SPACE CONCEPTION, DETAILS AND PHILOSOPHY

 

 

THE CLASSICAL PARADIGM

THE BIBLICAL PARADIGM

ZEN PARADIGM

THE OPTIMISTIC VIEW:

There are two realms and they are connected - eidos means form and idea

THE SCEPTICAL VIEW:

There are two realms, but the connection is decon-structed - image ban

THE PESSIMISTIC VIEW:

There is nothing behind - the "suchness" of form, connec-tion is rendered irrelevant