Summer Abroad Info Session - Kyoto ( NEW DAY & TIME)

UPDATE

NEW DAY & TIME Jan 30, 1-2 p.m.

The Kyoto Program is a 6 week landscape architecture and urban design intensive in which students live and work in Myoshinji, an active zen monastery.

Students will spend 6 weeks exploring traditional design concepts and practice, and apply what they learn in a specific, contemporary, spatial design project with the Department of Urban Planning in the City of Kyoto. How do traditional modalities approach environmental sustainability? How is design informed by and impact social and political issues? How do traditional practices such as “the way of tea,” cha no yu (茶の湯); the aesthetic of “wabi sabi,” (侘寂); and the philosophy of “one meeting, one opportunity,” ichigoichie (一期一会); take space and shape in the modern city? 

To grapple with these questions, students will gain exclusive access to gardens around Kyoto and surrounding areas, and be introduced to practices including tea (茶), seated meditation (座禅), calligraphy (書道), and stewardship of satoyama (里山). As the culmination of the program, students will present their design proposals to the city and neighborhood residents.

For more information, visit our program page.

Berkeley Summer Abroad applications open on February 5th.

Space is limited and applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Come get all of your questions answered before you apply!