Special Lecture “Designing the Japanese Bath” 4th Aug 14:00-

TITLE: Designing the Japanese Bath: Temperature,Tactility, and
Materiality from the Goemon-buro to the Unit Bath

OUTLINE:
Introduction
The Tactile Pleasures of Wood and Hot Water
The Cold Sensations of the Western Bathroom
Hybridizing the Culture Bath
Wooden Tubs for the Danchi-zoku
Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and its Advantages
The Invention of the Unit Bath
Prefabrication & the Privatization of the Japanese Bath
Skinship: Marketing the Private Bath
Conclusion

TIME: 45 minutes lecture + 30 minutes discussion
LANGUAGE: English
Lecture Room, 8th Floor, Eng. No.11 Bldg, Hongo campus

Michelle L. Hauk
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

BIO: Michelle L. Hauk is an assistant professor in architectural
history and theory at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at
Washington University in St. Louis. Trained in both architectural
design and history, she specializes in the history of architecture,
technology, and society in twentieth-century Japan. After earning her
Ph.D. in Japanese History from the department of East Asian languages
and cultures at Columbia University in 2023, she spent one year as a
postdoctoral fellow at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at
Harvard University. Hauk earned her MArch and MSAS from WashU in 2015.
Her research examines the evolution of the dwelling in twentieth
century Japan through the lens of water and the technologies that
organize its flow. She considers the ways in which the design of water
within domestic environments intersects with social relationships,
cultural practices, and the natural environment.