Architect Miho Hamaguchi and Gendered Innovations
Architect Miho Hamaguchi and Gendered Innovations
This research project traces the career of architect Miho Hamaguchi from the perspective of gendered innovations. It also examines gendered innovations from the perspectives of women’s education, urban planning, and architectural design.
Born in Dalian, China, Hamaguchi studied home economics at Tokyo Women’s Normal School (current Ochanomizu University). Her analysis of Japanese housing was published in the book Feudalism in Japanese Housing (1949). The kitchen design based on this analysis was an innovation that sought to change the consciousness of the people living in the house and even society by transforming the residential environment. This innovation was realized through collaboration between the people and institutions involved in residential architecture and its provision at the time: public administration, industry, and Hamaguchi.
This project marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Ochanomizu University. It reflects on the history of the university and women’s education since the Meiji Restoration, while considering innovations for the future.
Member
Yasuko SASAKI (President)
Mamiko FUJIYAMA (Associate Professor, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Engineering/IGI Researcher)