Angaben zur Professur

Lehrstuhl 

Professur M. Kaijima

Typ 

Professur für Architektur und Entwurf

Standort 

HIL

Webseite 

www.kaijima.arch.ethz.ch

Assistierende 

Barbara Bergamaschi, Tanguy Caversaccio, Samuel Dayer, Sofia Ferrari

Kontakt E-Mail 

dayer@arch.ethz.ch

Angaben zur Entwurfsklasse

Typ 

Entwurf III+IV

Thema 

House Behaviorology in Switzerland – Basel

Beschreibung
des Entwurfs-programmes 

Abstract Architectural Design III focuses on housing design in Switzerland. Students analyze a single-family house, mapping the relationships between all actors. They then propose a multi-generational housing project responding to today’s context. It teaches basic design principles within the framework of Architectural Behaviorology and addresses public/private relations, common spaces and urban ecology. The lecture series "Construction III" gives the students an insight into different construction and design methods. The lectures are held by four different professorships in a block of 5 lectures in a row and showcasing their individual approach on design and architecture in general in yearly to study the construction design thinking through sketchbook. Content Architectural Design III: House Behaviorology in Switzerland (M. Kaijima) The house is the foundation of our living environment. Housing is not only a fundamental field of architecture but also a reflection of broader social, cultural and environmental dynamics. Focusing on Basel, we will approach housing through the lens of Architectural Behaviorology, uncovering the relationships between buildings and their users, environments, materials and typologies. In the first phase of the semester, students will analyze and compare single-family houses from different historical periods in the Basel region. By investigating their spatial organization, density, materiality, site conditions, and socio-economic context, students will identify key behaviors and characteristics that define local housing typologies and ways of living. By mapping the relationships between inhabitants, architecture, and surroundings, they will develop a deep understanding of how these houses function within their settings: What roles do they fulfill? What behaviors do they enable? How do they respond to their environments? In the second phase, students will design multi-generational housing projects for 20 people, building on the qualities discovered in the case studies. They will address contemporary social and ecological challenges, such as the need for increased density, shared spaces, and inclusive design. How can new housing support communal life while respecting individual needs? What spatial and architectural strategies foster intergenerational living and vibrant communities? How do we accommodate diverse user groups, such as children and the elderly? Students will be introduced to the methodologies of Architectural Behaviorology and Actor Network Theory as tools for both designing architecture and understanding our built, lived and social environment. These approaches consider the house not as an isolated object, but as part of a vast, dynamic network of actors (human, non-human, climatic, material, typological). This course framework provides students with tools to better understand how and why specific architectural forms emerged, but also enables them to assess the impact of their own projects on the existing actor networks. It fosters an understanding of how architecture shapes (and is shaped by) its social and environmental context. By identifying the relationships between actors within the network, we observe how each actor’s behavior is influenced by others. How does a building behave towards its environment? What behavior do inhabitants engage in, within and around a building? How can we design in response to the behavior of materials, spaces, or climates? To help students articulate and communicate architectural ideas more precisely, the studio will collaborate with the Chair of Theory of Architecture. Each submission will be accompanied by a short original text of approximately 75 words. Course Structure: Typology & Research (4 weeks) • Analyzing a selected single-family house in Basel using Architectural Behaviorology. • Identifying, exploring, and formulating a research question around a specific element or relationship within the house. • Representing the house and findings in a large-scale hand drawing and a short text. Structure & Space (4 weeks) • Designing a housing complex with a given program based on insights from the case study. • Evaluating, refining and adapting the design. • Applying structural design principles. Improving Design + Details & Construction (5 weeks) • Sharpening the design idea, improving the project. • Detailing a section at 1:50 scale, incorporating construction and structural design principles. • Applying Architectural Behaviorology in design details. Lecture Notes Each student will receive a printed reader of the course comprising essential information, including the schedule, syllabus and other important details. In addition, the reader will feature examples and references related to the design task, as well as selected readings that support the theoretical framework of the course. Literature Architectural Design III: • Huber, Dorothee, Architekturführer Basel: Die Baugeschichte der Stadt und ihrer Umgebung, Christoph Merian Stiftung / S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum (HG.), Christoph Merian Verlag, 2014 • Latour, Bruno, Science in Action, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1987 • Atelier Bow-Wow, Graphic Anatomy, Toto Publishing, Tokyo, 2007 • Atelier Bow-Wow, Behaviorology, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2010 • Chair of Architectural Behaviorology, ETHZ, Swiss Window Journey, gta Verlag, 2023 Construction III: • Atelier Bow-Wow: “Behaviorology” Rizzoli International Publication, New York, 2010 • Momoyo Kaijima et al “Made in Tokyo” Kajima Publishing, Japan, 2001 Notice To attend this course, students have to enroll through the “Enrolment in the Design Studios of D-Arch”-page: (www.einschreibung.arch.ethz.ch/). The design studio is structured as a year-long course. The submissions during the Autumn semester will be individual work. Schedule Autumn Semester 2025: • Introduction: September 16th, 10:15 • Mid Review 1: October 8th • Mid Review 2: November 12th • Final Review: December 17th Costs: ca. 150 CHF Location: ONA G25 + G27 Lecture "Construction III": - 17.09.2025 Momoyo Kaijima - 24.09.2025 Momoyo Kaijima - 01.10.2025 Momoyo Kaijima - 08.10.2025 Momoyo Kaijima - 15.10.2025 Momoyo Kaijima - 22.10.2025 Seminar Week - 29.10.2025 Jan De Vylder - 05.11.2025 Jan De Vylder - 12.11.2025 Jan De Vylder - 19.11.2025 Jan De Vylder - 26.12.2025 Jan De Vylder - 03.12.2025 All professors: Examination - exhibition of the sketchbooks Construction III and IV “Construction III and IV” introduces students to the multiple meanings of construction – from design methods to attitudes of architects – encouraging them to find their own approach to design and construction. The series is taught by four professorships in blocks of five consecutive lectures. At the end of each semester’s lecture series, students are required to submit their learnings and reflections in the form of drawings, diagrams and notes, expressing the lecture's structure and content in the A5 sketchbook - exhibition format - provided at the beginning of the semester. The submission will contribute 10% to the overall grading of the design studio.

Thematische und methodische Schwerpunkte 

Entwurf, Konstruktion, Staedtebau, Visualisierungen, Architectural Behaviorology

Lernziele 

In the second-year curriculum, three courses are interconnected in design theory and practice: “Construction III” focuses on design theory, “Konstruktion BUK III” covers construction theory, and “Architectural Design III” integrates the theories from the different courses, applying them to real-world architectural design challenges. Architectural Design III: House Behaviorology in Switzerland (M. Kaijima) Typology and Research (4 weeks): Each individual student • is able to understand different housing typologies within their historical context. (2) • is able to understand the principles of housing design, including topics such as Typology, Program, Usage, Privacy, Commonality, Material and Climate. (2) • is able to independently gather information on a self-chosen topic (3) • is able to analyze a case study house based on an individually formed question or individual interest. (4) • is able to represent their analysis in a drawing and a short text. (3) Structure and Space (4 weeks): Each individual student • is able to design a small-scale housing complex according to the above-mentioned principles. (3) • is able to design spaces for privacy and for community. (3) • is able to adapt a housing design to the needs of specific inhabitants with partially special needs, such as families and elderly. (3) • is able to apply the principles of structural design to their housing design. (3) • is able to critically evaluate a design and improve it. (5+6) • is able to represent a design through floor plans, sections and elevations as well as with physical models (3) Improving Design + Details and Construction (5 weeks) Each individual student • is able to detail a small-scale housing complex. (3) • is able to understand the principles of construction. (2) • is able to gather examples and evaluate them in accordance with their design (5) • is able to evaluate and chose materials and construction in accordance with their design idea (5). • Is able draw a section of their design in scale 1:50 with all necessary details. (3) Cognitive scale (1) Remember (2) Understand (3) Apply (4) Analyze (5) Evaluate (6) Create https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/main/eth-zurich/education/lehrentwicklung/files_DE/Vorlage_LernzieleFormulierenDe.pdf Grading Criteria: The submissions will be graded before each review. Each submission is graded according to the following criteria: • Completeness and punctuality of submission • Research method, the ability to find and analyze information • Implementation of the concept of Architectural Behaviorology within the design • Choice of Typology, Design and Expression of the project, in connection with the concept of Architectural Behaviorology • Structural design, construction details and choice of materials in accordance with the design idea and the method of Architectural Behaviorology • Visualization, the ability to communicate a design effectively with compelling drawings, models and text. The final grade consists of the following partial grades: • Mid review 1 submission (individual work): 30% • Mid Review 2 submission (individual work): 30% • Final Review submission (individual work): 30% • Construction III submission (individual work): 10%

LV-Nr. des Entwurfs 

052-0543-25

Unterrichts-sprache 

English

Arbeitsweise 

Nur Einzelarbeit

Daten Zwischenkritiken 

October 8th, November 12th

Datum Schlusskritik 

December 17th

Einführungs-veranstaltung 

September 16th, 10:15

Zusätzliche Kosten 

CHF 0 (Schätzung, ohne allfällige Kosten für Modellbau und Seminarwoche)

Verfügbare Plätze 

Nach Bedarf

Plakat des Entwurfs-programmes 

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