Interest include:
I
specialize modern Asian architectural history with an emphasis on the
relationship between Japan and other Asian countries. I focus on Japanese
architecture in Japanese colonies and its impact after the 2nd World War in
each country, for example, the government-general buildings, big dams, bridges,
lighthouses, etc. I also have conducted research on modern architectural
heritage in East and Southeast Asian in several cities.
A construction is deeply connected to a kind of “dream,” which is how we design
our social environment and future. I believe the research about Asian
architectural history is synonymous to thinking about Asia’s future in the
world.
Experience:
2011 - Visiting Scholar at Boston University
- Research Associate (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)
* Part-time lecturer at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
2010 - Research Associate (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of
Tokyo)
* Part-time lecturer at Chiba University
* Part-time lecturer at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
2009 - Research Associate (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of
Tokyo)
* Research about Asian architectural history
* Part-time lecturer at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
2004 Technical Staff (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)
* Research about Asian architectural history
Title:
2009 Ph.D. in Engineering, Tokyo University
* Doctoral Thesis:
“A historical study of architecture in Japanese colonies and their borders
- focusing on Japan and the Korean Peninsula between 1867 and 1953-“
Education:
April, 2002 – March, 2004: doctoral course in architecture (Graduate School of
Tokyo University)
March, 2002: Master of Engineering in architecture (Graduate School of Tokyo
University)
March, 2000r: Bachelor of Engineering in architecture (Kyoto University)
Peer Reviewed Paper:
Ryuichi TANIGAWA, Colonial
Structures Veiled in Publicity -Lighthouses, Bridges, and Dams Built by the
Japanese Empire in Colonial Korea-, 2011Our
Living Heritage: Industrial Buildings and Sites of Asia, mAAN Seoul 2011 8th
International Conference, Seoul, 25-27 August 2011, pp.77-87
Ryuichi TANIGAWA, Asian Construction and the "Dream,” of Modern Technology
-Nationalism and the Development of Asian Electric Power by Civil Engineer
Yutaka Kubota-Nation, City, Place: Rethinking Nationalism, International
Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia, 14-16 July 2006
Ryuichi, TANIGAWA, The Establishment of a Way for Comprehensive Collection and
Evaluation of Asian City’s Modern Architectural Legacies: Through the Medan
Survey in Indonesia, Documenting Built Heritage: Revitalization of Modern
Architecture in Asia, mAAN 3rd International Conference, pp.29-38, Surabaya,
Indonesia, 28-30 August 2003
Ryuichi, TANIGAWA, The Architectural Works as Imperialistic Manifestation: The
Architectural Bureau in “Takjibu,”in the Old Korean Empire, Traditional
Architecture in Modern Asia, 2002 Seoul International Conference on Eastern
Architectural History, pp.379-386, Seoul,17-19 October 2002
Main Works:
<Book>
ARAKAWA Ayumu, KAWAKITA Atsuko, TANIGAWA Ryuichi, NAITO Junko, SHIBATA
Akiyoshi, Linving on the Border of Today (Kyokai no ima wo ikiru),
Toshindo, Tokyo, 2009.
<Paper>
TANIGAWA Ryuichi, “Colonial Migrants and Integrated Structure (Ruten suru
hitobito, tensei suru kenzoubutsu) ,” SHISO Vol. 1005, Iwanami shoten,
pp.61-81, Tokyo, 2008
TANIGAWA Ryuichi, “Memories of Architectural Students in 1939 Seoul (1939,
Karasuguchi no kioku) ,” Mobile Society Review vol.14, Mobile Society
Research Institute, pp.31-40, 2008, Tokyo.
<Translation>
TANIGAWA Ryuichi, David Tucker “City planning without city,” TAMANOI Mariko,
Manshu, Fujiwara shoten, pp.102-144, 2008, Tokyo
<Grant >
TANIGAWA Ryuichi, “Japanese Modernization from the Sea (Umi no kindaika) ,”
Japan Science Society, 2010
TANIGAWA Ryuichi, “ Research about Lighthouses in Korea,” Miyoshi Foundation,
2009
TANIGAWA Ryuichi, “Research about Constructions in Japanese Colonies and War
Reparation Projects in Asia,” Toyota-Foundation, 2007
