Formation of architectural history and education in French Modern Architecture

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25820315
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Kanazawa Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: TODA JO 金沢工業大学, 環境・建築学部, 講師 (00588345)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: フランス建築史 / 建築史 / 建築教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on the concept of the General History of architecture by the French architect Jacques-Guillaume Legrand. Its main results are as follows. (1) We review the overall composition of Legrand's project for Architectural History; (2) We point out that the establishment of architectural history around 1800 aimes at the creation of a new French architectural style suitable for a new political system after the French Revolution; (3) We position the project to describe the General History of Architecture in the development of contemporary architectural knowledge and in the relationship with architectural education in this period.

Free Research Field

西洋建築史