TY - JOUR
AU - Norris Johnson
AB - Temples are conventionally conceptualized as buildings. The conceptualization of temple-as-building negates the synthetic quality of the concept of the sacred. The temple is better served by being conceived as an affecting interrelationship synthesizing buildings, land, and landscapes. Study of the 13th century Zen Buddhist temple of Zuisen (flowing spring) temple ('ji) Kamakura, Japan, suggests that the designer conceived the temple as the interrelationship of buildings, land and landscape, and the ritual participation of people. In particular, pilgrimage to and up a mountain is incorporated as a structural design feature of Zuisen-ji rather than Zuisen-ji being the conventional end-point of a pilgrimage route. At Zuisen-ji, architecture is ecological and behavioural as well as material.
BT - Architecture and Behaviour
DA - 01/1970
IS - 2
N2 - Temples are conventionally conceptualized as buildings. The conceptualization of temple-as-building negates the synthetic quality of the concept of the sacred. The temple is better served by being conceived as an affecting interrelationship synthesizing buildings, land, and landscapes. Study of the 13th century Zen Buddhist temple of Zuisen (flowing spring) temple ('ji) Kamakura, Japan, suggests that the designer conceived the temple as the interrelationship of buildings, land and landscape, and the ritual participation of people. In particular, pilgrimage to and up a mountain is incorporated as a structural design feature of Zuisen-ji rather than Zuisen-ji being the conventional end-point of a pilgrimage route. At Zuisen-ji, architecture is ecological and behavioural as well as material.
PY - 1993
SP - 213
EP - 226.
T2 - Architecture and Behaviour
TI - Zen Buddhist Landscapes and the ldea of Temple: Muso Kokushi and Zuisen-Ji, Kamakura, Japan
VL - 9
ER -