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1. Discuss how topographical, historical and cultural issues have shaped contemporary Japanese Architecture. Use at least one example.
2. Discuss how topographical, historical and cultural issues have shaped contemporary Chinese Architecture. Use at least one example.
3. The trajectory of architectural discourse as discussed by both K. Michael Hays and Michael Speaks, has moved through Modernist Positivism, through Post-Structural Semiology to a point of irrelevance. Architecture has been described as a “mediating” discipline in all this. Discuss.
4. What are some of the new ideas shaping the notion of Sustainability in Architecture? Discuss how “Greenwashing” makes it seem like buildings are more sustainable but they aren’t in actuality.