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SUMMARY:Sustainability and the traditional architecture of Japan: cities t
 hat could revert to summer grass - Professor Martin Morris\, Chiba Univers
 ity\, Japan
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CONTACT:Juan José Sarralde
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThis talk considers the traditional architecture o
 f Japan from the standpoint of\nsustainability. With its preference for re
 newable biodegradable timbernot masonryas its\nprincipal structural 
 material\, the ecological credentials of Japanʼs pre-modern building trad
 ition\nalready seem excellent. However\, alongside choice of materials is 
 another aspect\, arguably of\nequal significance\, which can succinctly be
  expressed as “lightness of footprint”. It is this\,\ntogether with a 
 related propensity for recycling\, which I want to highlight\, demonstrati
 ng through\nthe example of traditional Japan its compatibility with a high
  material culture.\n\nBiography: \nMartin Morris was born in Cambridge in 
 1956 and studied architecture at Cambridge University (Dipl. Arch\, 1982).
  Awarded a Monbusho Scholarship to study at the Faculty of Engineering\, T
 okyo University in 1983\, he took his doctorate there in 1995. Since 1996 
 he has taught architectural history at Chiba University\, Japan\, as lectu
 rer\, associate professor and\, since 2007\, Professor. Research areas inc
 lude: The house types of premodern Japan\, comparative study of the histor
 y of architecture\, settlement and landscape in East and West(focused on J
 apan and England)\, architectural conservation.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\,  Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope
  Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk
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