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							  The graduate students get experiences  of the ongoing design works in "Practice in Architectural Design"  with the staffs of the “Architecture and Urban Design  Studio, Mukogawa Women's university.” Students designed mosaic tiles which were placed on the floor beside the pillars in the platforms. The 300 mm x 300 mm square sheets of  the mosaic tiles made by the students were used in the construction.  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.1 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.2 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.2 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.3 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.3 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.4 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.4 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.7 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.7 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile  no.9 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile  no.9 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.10 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.10 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.11 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.11 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.12 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.13 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile no.13 of Osaka platform  | 
						  
							
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							  | The  motifs of the mosaics are a sailing boat coming and going through Seto Inland  Sea as abstraction of distant views, a fish  swimming through a wave as intermediate views  and a beachcomber lapping onto the shore as near views. The students designed patterns of waves and boats arranged on the 20mm  square grids, referring to the "The Great Wave of  Kanagawa", which is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist  Hokusai Katsushika. The patterns were combined and arranged to represent  landscapes of the sea from the Naruo beach. The 13 mosaic sheets of different  patterns were created. | 
						  
							
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							  October 31, 2014 - Consideration of motif  of a stripe pattern in the studio  | 
						  
							
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							  October 31, 2014 - Consideration of motif of a stripe  pattern in the studio  | 
						  
							
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							  November 5, 2014 - Consideration of motifs at construction  site  | 
						  
							
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							  November 7, 2014 - Consideration  of motifs of a wave pattern  | 
						  
							
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							  | November 14, 2014 - Consideration  of motifs | 
						  
							
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							  November 14, 2014 - The students arranged  the small mosaic tiles to evaluated their  designs and color combinations.  | 
						  
							
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							  November 17, 2014 - Consideration of motifs; They compared the 13 types of designs and  gave them a uniform look.  | 
						  
							
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							  | November 26, 2014 - A workshop to paste a sheet of paper on the arranged tiles | 
						  
							
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							  November 26, 2014 - A workshop to paste a sheet of paper on the arranged tiles  | 
						  
							
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							  November 28, 2014 - Comparison of white, light gray, and dark gray colored of joint mortar  | 
						  
							
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							  | December 9, 2014 - Confirmation of the color tone under the sunlight  using a mock-up of No9 | 
						  
							
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							  December 11, 2014 - Confirmation of the color tone at the site using a  mock-up  | 
						  
							
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							  December 12, 2014 - January 15, 2015: Working on mosaic sheets  | 
						  
							
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							  | December 12, 2014 - January 15, 2015: Confirmation and adjustment of the color tone of the mosaic | 
						  
							
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							  February 17, 2015: Visiting the construction site  | 
						  
							
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							  February 17, 2015: Visiting the construction site  | 
						  
							
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							  | March 13: Final completion of the mosaic tiles | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 1 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  | Design of the mosaic tile No. 2 of Kobe platform | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 2 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 3 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  | Design of the mosaic tile No. 3 of Kobe platform | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 4 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 4 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  | Design of the mosaic tile No. 5 of Kobe platform | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 5 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 6 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 7 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 8 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 9 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 9 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 10 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 11 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Design of the mosaic tile No. 12 of Kobe platform  | 
						  
							
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							  Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. 
							    Architectural Design Studio in Mukogawa Women’s University 
							     Shigeyuki OKAZAKI: Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University,  
							        Professor, Head, Department of Architecture, Mukogawa Women's University 
							      Mamoru KAWAGUCHI: Professor Emeritus, Hosei University,  
  President, KAWAGUCHI & ENGINEERS, 
  Visiting Professor, Mukogawa Women's University                                 
							     Department of Architecture, Mukogawa  Women’s University, Japan 
							        Noritoshi SUGIURA 
							        Keisuke INOMATA 
							        Junko MORIMOTO 
							        Aya YAMAGUCHI  |