Travelling studios are working laboratories for planning and design thought and production and involve the exploration of complex, real-life issues. They expose students to unfamiliar cultures, places and people, and stimulate their ability to think creatively and solve problems. This travelling studio takes students to Japan, a country of great spatial and cultural juxtapositions. Nowhere else are these juxtapositions more evident than in the dialogue between traditional cultural values and technological progress. The 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami hit the country at its heart. It also exposed a need to reevaulate the country's confidence in technology and the... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: Admission to a degree in the Melbourne School of Design.
