文档介绍：Are we architects free?
Are we architects free from society ? Can we exist out of any specific time and space ,
in aly different countries in reality. We acknowledge
discrepancies of customs and culture of a country in Africa, taken as an example,
without any resistance because we accept as facts from the very beginning that they
belong to the people don’t look like us at all. But then, just for the reason that theylook alike and live near us, we start right from the start with a false assumption that
these of Japan would be similar to ours if not identical. I dare to say that Japan, I
know of, is a country as foreign as any country in Africa. Of course, it doesn’t mean
that I disapprove or disregard similarities in so many areas but simply says the fact
that both similarities and disparities exist. Architecture as a part of our life, is bound
to reflect our life and therefore, architecture of the two countries will produce
different products so long as there is even a single dissimilarity between them. It is
right here that we cannot escape from making an error when we see the formal or
technical aspects of Japanese architecture. In Korea , a house is one of the primary
commodities in most families , a subject of our speculation ,and a place to relax but
that is not the case in Japan. To them , a house is only a space to sleep in, a sort of a
restaurant to ha