In this study, a questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted on the actual disaster preparedness of children's facilities located within the expected flood zone. As a result, it was found that:

1）There is a link between the use districts, the operating entity and the year of establishment.

2）Disaster preparedness issues exist in facilities that do not have a partner or regional cooperation in the event of a disaster.

3）It was found that facilities located outside of the expected inundation zone that responded that they were expected to be inundated were in partially low-lying areas.

In this study, the floor plans of 442 Elderly Housing with Supportive Services cases are used to analyze the corresponding situation for end-of-life care and severe dementia(hereinafter ,“ECSD”) by floor plan layout and shared facilities. The results are as follows: Among the six floor plan types examined, compact layouts such as “Hallway Type” and “Central Corridor Linear Type” are more conducive to providing care for ECSD. Conversely, floor plans with distant living areas, especially “No LDK, Central Corridor Type” poses challenges in caring for ECSD. Additionally, the differences in floor plans can influence the methods of service provision.

This study aims to classify Group Homes (GHs) across Japan based on resident disability characteristics and explore how design can better support people with severe disabilities and staff members. A questionnaire was sent to all GHs in Japan to collect data on resident characteristics and building features. As a result, GHs in Japan fall into four groups, catering to residents with (1) Mild mental disabilities, (2) Mild intellectual disabilities, (3) Severe intellectual disabilities and (4) Severe physical disabilities. Comparing these groups reveals that GHs in (3) and (4) have significantly more design elements addressing resident disabilities than the other groups.

This study analyzes how the Mongolian yurt, as a traditional building type, is referred to in Mongolian contemporary architecture. First, taking books and papers on Mongolian yurt published in China as research literature, architectural characteristics of Mongolian yurts are extracted and summarized from three aspects: composition, decoration, and clusterization. Then how these characteristics are applied to Inner Mongolia contemporary architecture is analyzed based on the architecture appearance. After that, visual recognition degree of yurt-part from both outside and inside perspectives is discussed, and five types are classified. Finally, expression of spiritual characteristics of Mongolian yurt is discussed.

We analyzed the relationships between the physical characteristics of seats extracted from isovist values and their perceptions of “privacy” and “proximity” to their own seats taken from questionnaires. The results showed that workers’ perception of “privacy” had the strongest negative correlation with the isovist value for the desk surface height (H=720mm) and radius R=3,000mm, and their perception of “proximity” had the strongest positive correlation with the isovist value for the seating eye-level height (H=1,150mm) and radius R=5,000mm. The analysis results obtained in this study were examined by comparison with previous studies.

Installing sensor units consisting of an acceleration sensor, two motion sensors, and a Raspberry Pi on staircases, a system was developed to estimate the number and direction of pedestrians from sensor responses. Specifically, we constructed a “pedestrian number estimation model” based on the S_W value which was a new index for evaluating the vibration of the stairs, and a “direction-of-movement estimation model” based on a neural network model. Integrating these models, we confirmed that the estimation could be done with relatively good accuracy.

It has been 12 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, and continued support is required for the victims who relocated to new town. This study aims to understand the timing and changes in the decision-making process regarding the selection of resettlement area among residents of Futago in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and to clarify the relationship with the factors for resettlement. The results showed differences in decision-making depending on the timing of site selection and varied based on the original residential area and age of the residents.

This paper aims to clarify the actual conditions of the surfers migration process moving from outside of Amami island based on visit frequency, dwelling, and occupation. 17 surfers are divided into two groups: “Early Residential Group” and “Later Residential Group”. Both group is categorized into three sub-groups: 1)Temporary Residence Type, 2)Single Visit Type, and 3)Multiple Visit Type. “Later Residential Group” surfers tend to be introduced or mediated to get housing and job strongly by surfers network created by people who share same culture, sense of value and lifestyle. Hence, the surfers network “relation” might contribute surfers migration.

The increasing number of vacant houses in rural areas requires appropriate management. Owners of vacant properties must be suitably connected with immigrant residents. This study elucidates the situation in the Irokawa area of Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture, as an advanced case of immigrant integration. The results revealed the following: 1) 47 cases of resident change occurred in the Ono and Kuchiirokawa districts. 2) Out of 71 resident changes in these districts, 44 were realized through the efforts of local community leaders. In other regions, the local communities must promote policies supporting outreach to vacant property owners.

Redevelopment projects are being carried out in some densely build-up areas mainly to improve their disaster prevention performance, and these may cause to lose their positive aspects and to lead to housing oversupply in future population decline. Therefore, when redesigning these areas, it is necessary to consider not only disaster prevention but also these aspects. This paper evaluated residential environment and sustainability of three land use models in three target areas. The results showed that there was no significant difference in appropriate land use level between areas for both evaluations, but it needs more detailed analysis especially in sustainability evaluation.

“Omiya Street Terrace at Ichibangai,” which uses the Corona Road Occupancy Permit, was analyzed in terms of (1) openness, (2) ventilation security, (3) traffic environment security, and (4) store operations on the terrace space during the coronavirus pandemic. Method for evaluating the suitability of using terrace space in terms of openness and natural ventilation capacity of store fronts, the store front arrangements for using terrace space, and the effects of using terrace space on road space and roadside stores were clarified. We proposed a planning method for street terrace, that integrates the street space and the buildings along the street.

This study examined the impact of the Green View Index (GVI) and Sky Open Rate (SOR) on people’s psychology in Kyushu’s station squares. These elements, termed “Visual Landscape Factor” (VLF), were classify squares and analyzed using machine learning to assess their VLF. A questionnaire and factor analysis rated each square, exploring the relationship between these ratings and VLF. The findings revealed that urban station squares scored highest when GVI ranged from 6.3% to 12.1%, highlighting the significant influence of landscape elements on psychological responses.

The objective of this study is to verify the effects of experimental staging equipment. This study is comprised of traffic survey, accumulation survey, and attitude survey. From traffic survey, we grasped trends in traffic volume on weekdays and weekends. The accumulation survey showed that it’s often used by one person on weekdays and by multiple people on weekends. The attitude survey showed that although users are satisfied with the material and color, many of them are concerned about stains and scratches. Supervisor rated dirt and scratches poorly, and it was found that “P2” had the worst dirt and scratches.

The purpose of this study is to clarify the effectiveness of the method of accommodating life service functions between town areas through mobile services. As a result of analysis, 92.0% of all town areas in Hokkaido were able to secure all necessary life service functions using this method. In addition, this method increased the percentage of meshes that could access all life service functions within 15 minutes from 61.9% to 84.2%. Moreover, 101,575 households can access all life service functions within 15 minutes. From these results, we grasped that this method is effective as a measure to ensure life convenience.

This paper focuses on complex building with residence completed in the first half of 20th century in Dairen and aims to clarify the relationship between the characteristics of their planning and urban formation based on literature survey. This study positions them within the history of modern architecture and the urban formation in Dairen. As a result, their emergence was shaped by local architectural regulations and housing shortages. Consequently, ‘Building’, ‘Commercial Building’, and ‘Apartment House’ can be classified, and complex building with residence can be said to be a new type of building that emerged in Dairen in the 1920s.

The Convent of St. Paul of Saigon was designed by Boutier, a French missionary. This paper examines the convent at the time of its construction from photographs, drawings, and historical documents to clarify its architectural features.

As a result, it is recognised that the two annexes and the chapel, which existed from the beginning of the Convent, have changed in their detailed design over the years. Whereas its verandah, a significant feature of the convent building, has undergone no significant changes. This building is seemingly colonial architecture incorporating countermeasures for climate by Boutier.

The aim of this paper is to clarify the “unchanging work process” of Kyoto hand-painted Yuzen and its workplaces, which spread across the city and undertake diverse and small-scale handicraft. The following results were obtained through 72 cases selected for field survey and analysis. First, the “unchanging work process” can be identified as consisting of 13 professions and 23 works. Second, workplaces can be categorized into 40 workplace types with 5 patterns, which are defined by fabric, tools, and works of architecture. Third, the unchanging work process can be explained as the syntax that organizes dispersed workplaces.

In 1954, Tosho Printing Co., Ltd. a leading textbook printing company at the time, built a printing factory in Haramachi, Shizuoka Prefecture. The Haramachi factory continues to serve as the main production factory for Tosho Printing today. Behind the construction was the ambitious client, who aimed to contribute to educational culture by raising the standard of printed materials, and the designers with a social reform perspective. In addition, functional and rational production space was created by the design method adopted for the Haramachi factory. These factors led to the longevity of the Haramachi factory.

To investigate a social prescribing for the prevention of isolation and loneliness, we conducted a Web-based questionnaire survey targeting residents of the Kinki region and performed a multinomial logistic regression to compare the marginal probability effects by the circumstances of the isolated and loneliness situation. It was confirmed that promoting involvement in social contribution activities in their community would be effective for those who were in the circumstance of the loneliness situation but would not be very effective for those who were in the circumstance of the isolated situation because of having indifference to social contribution activities for them.