April 2 In a formal ceremony headed by Prof. Shirai, the President of Waseda University, Prof. Gleiter was formally nominated as a visiting professor to the Department of Architecture. Because of fear of SARS Prof. Lee has not yet arrived in Tokyo. Back from a recent trip to China, he will stay in Taipei for another week before coming to Japan on April 7.

April 3 For the first time Prof. Gleiter attended the weekly faculty meeting. He was welcomed to Waseda University by the Dean Prof. Nishitani. Prof. Gleiter adressed the meeting with a short thank-you speech.

April 7 Prof. Lee has arrived from Taipei. Prof. Ishiyama, Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter discussed the program of the academic year 2003/04 and beyond. They agreed on installing the G-International Design Studio as a 縟ravelling studioﾒ. Okinawa, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Berlin and Venice are shortlisted as possible stopovers.

April 9 Prof. Ishiyama, Lee and Gleiter payed a visit to Mr. Futagawa of the GA Galery.

April 10 Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter attended the weekly faculty meeting. Prof. Lee was welcomed by the Dean Prof. Nishitani. Prof. Lee expressed his thanks for his installment as a professor at Waseda University. At 1:30 pm Prof. Gleiter gave his inaugural lecture at the G-International Design Studio. At the presence of an auditory of very curious master course and doctor course students Prof. Gleiter was lecturing on the topic 絽hat is Philosophy of Architecture?ﾒ.

April 11 Prof. Gleiter continued with his introductory lecture on 絽hat is philosophy of architecture?ﾒ. He gave an outline of this new field of study in architecture culture, eventually changing its title 絮hilosophy of Architectureﾒ into 紊ritical Culture Philosophy of Architectureﾒ. He pointed out that Critical Culture Philosophy of Architecture conceives of architecture as the most central, mediating cultural practice. It theorizes the changing role of architecture in the present information society. It is based on the notion that contemporary culture is affected by some major conceptual shifts: from the modernist productivist paradigm to the digital paradigm and furthermore from the modernist object production to image consumption in the contemporary information age. As a critical practice Critical Culture Philosophy of Architecture understands itself neither as meta-physics nor as a meta-theory, but as a discipline critically investigating the role of the architectural practice within the broader field of culture. It is based on linking the architectural practice to media theory, critical theory, phenomenology and critical culture philosophy of the city. By now Waseda University is the only institution of higher education to offers a course on Critical Culture Philosophy of Architecture.

April 12 At the occasion of the freshman orientation at Ookuma Hall Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter were formally introduced to the students of the faculty of architecture. In their adresses they emphasized the important role of architecture in contemporary culture. Prof. Lee, who actually is about to conclude the work on the hightest building in the world stressed the importance of a strong will in the architectural practice. After the ceremony Prof. Ishiyama, Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter attended the annual OB party of the Ishiyama Lab. Again Prof. Lee and Gleiter expressed their hopes that the G-International Design Studio will establish itself as a driving force within Japanese higher education.

April 14 Prof. Gleiter continued his lecture series on 紊ritical Culture Philosophy of Architectureﾒ adressing the question of 紜 New Alliance Between Philosophy and Architecture?ﾒ. In his lecture he elaborated on the idea of the 縊ntological uncertainty of architectureﾒ and the generally unthematized presence of architecture in everyday life.

April 16 In the morning Prof. Lee presented his inaugural lecture to the students of the graduate school. After a preliminary introduction to chinese philosophy he presented his own work. Undoubtedly Prof. Lee is the most prolific contemporary architect in China. He is strictly opposing any kind of international language in architecture and its blind adaptation to the reconstruction efforts in China. He emphasized the need for the establishment of a regional architecture language expressing the Chinese mind. At 1 pm Prof. Gleiter followed up on mondayﾕs lecture on the 紜 New Alliance Between Philosophy and Architecture?ﾒ.

April 17 At 10 am Prof. Lee lectured on Taoism and its relation to contemporary architecture. In the afternoon the G-International Design Studio was formally opened in the new studio space on the 8th floor of the N-Tower. As a first assignment the students were asked to chose an artist of their choice. The students are to arrange a series of meetings with the respective artist investigating his life style. The assignment asks for a thorough research on the artistﾕs living environment. At length Professor Ishiyama, Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter discussed the assignment with the students.

April 18 At 1 pm Prof. Gleiter held his 5th lecture on 紊ritical Culture Philosophy of Architectureﾒ. He introduced the students to the field of architectural semiotics. The lecture will be continued on Monday April 21. At 3 pm Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter were asked to give a short introductory lecture to the students of the 3rd year.

April 19 In a leisurely and relaxing atmosphere Prof. Ishiyama, Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter met privately to discuss the advancement of architecture culture in the 21st century.

April 21 At 10 am Prof. Lee lectured on Buddhism and its relation to contemporary architecture. At 1 pm Prof. Gleiter continued his lecture series with 經emiotics in Architecture, Part IIﾒ. Immediately afterwards the G-International Design Studio convened to discuss the first results of the studio assignment. In order to present the program of the G-International Design Studio at 6 pm Prof. Ishiyama, Prof. Lee and Prof. Gleiter were to visit Arata Isozaki.

April 23 ﾐ 26 Prof. Ishiyama and Prof. Gleiter will attend the 8th International Bauhaus Kolloquium in Weimar. Over the last decade the conference has established itself as the most important conference on architecture culture in Germany. An April 23 Prof. Ishiyama will deliver a lecture with the title 絨pen Technology ﾐ A new approach to architecture in the 21st centuryﾒ. Prof. Ishiyama will inform the professors of Bauhaus-University (since 1996 partner university of Waseda University) about the G-International Design Studio and this yearﾔs 縟ravelling universityﾒ. On April 25 Prof. Ishiyama will go to visit Dresden University. He will meet with Joerg Noennig, OB of the Ishiyama Lab and graduate from Bauhaus-University. Presently he is a Ph.D. candidate and assistant professor at the department of architecture.

April 28 ﾐ June 9 Prof. Gleiter will continue his research as a fellow in residence at the Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche in Weimar. He is about to conclude his book on 紮riedrich Nietzsche: Nihilism, D残adence and The Physiology of Architectureﾒ. In collaboration with the Chair of Architectural Design and Theory of Architecture of Bauhaus-University Prof. Gleiter will hold a seminar on 紮riedrich Nietzsche and The Physiology of Architectureﾒ.

May 15-17 Prof. Gleiter will represent the G-International Design studio at the conference 絳lang ﾐ Bild ﾐ Wortﾒ in Mannheim/Germany. He will deliver a lecture with the title 絨n The Ontological Uncertainty of Architectureﾒ

June 5 ﾐ 6 Prof. Gleiter will organize a two-day conference in Weimar on 紮riedrich Nietzsche and Mass Cultureﾒ. Among the participants are Prof. Ken-ichi Mishima (Osaka), Prof. Tilmann Buddensieg (Berlin), Prof. Kurt Forster (Z殲ich/Montreal), Prof. Gerd Schweppenhaeuser (W殲zburg), Prof. Thomas Friedrich (Mannheim), Prof. Sokratis Georgiadis (Stuttgart), PD Dr. Wolfgang Bock and Roger Behrens.

June 12 ﾐ July 10 Prof. Gleiter will return to Waseda University to continue lecturing on 紊ritical Culture Philosophy of Architectureﾒ at the G-International Design Studio.

July 13 ﾐ Aug 10 Prof. Gleiter will finish his fellowship in Weimar. In Mid August he will be back in Japan, teaching at the 縟ravelling studioﾒ in Okinawa and Shanghai.

WASEDA ARCHITECTURE Studio G in Japanese

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