ABSTRACT

The dawn of modern architecture education in Japan came as the Meiji Administration established public universities and technical training schools. During the the end of the Taishō period (1912–1926) to the Shōwa period (1926–1989), with rapid social modernization, construction technologies also needed to be modernized. In the private education sector, Waseda University, the pioneer in individualized architecture education, introduced and implemented a special education system called correspondence education (a form of distance learning) in the early Shōwa period to serve the society’s demand for architectural professionals and technicians. The Waseda Architecture Lecture Notes, used as course materials for correspondence education, play a vital role in understanding Japanese architectural education’s founding period. This paper focuses on current storage locations, publication time frames, educational background of the lecturers, proportional arrangements of the various subjects, as well as the design and characteristics of lecture syllabi of the Waseda Architecture Lecture notes. This analysis reveals that the Waseda Architecture Lecture Notes had specifically emphasized on architectonics courses. Therefore, Waseda University made significant contributions to the national reserve and the cultivation of architectural specialists through the distance learning approach tailored to the historical context of the Shōwa period.

摘要

随着明治政府建立公立大学和技术培训学校，日本现代建筑教育的曙光出现了。大正时代末期（1912-1926）至昭和时代（1926-1989），随着社会的快速现代化，建筑技术也需要现代化。在私立教育领域，个性化建筑教育的先驱早稻田大学在昭和初期引入并实施了称为函授教育（一种远程学习形式）的特殊教育体系，以满足社会对建筑专业技术人员的需求。早稻田建筑讲义作为函授教育的教材，对了解日本建筑教育的创始时期起到至关重要的作用。本文重点介绍了早稻田建筑讲座笔记的当前存储地点、出版时间、讲师的教育背景、各学科的比例安排以及教学大纲的设计和特点。这一分析表明，早稻田建筑讲义特别强调了建筑学课程。因此，早稻田大学通过适合昭和时代历史背景的远程学习方法，为国家储备和建筑专家的培养做出了重大贡献。