The safety of Non-Engineered Construction is one of most urgent issues, because it is main cause of human casualties. Building Research Institute (BRI) and partner institute both in Japan and abroad have been working on safer housing since 2005. Various research and studies for Non-Engineered construction Activities have been conducted towards achieving safer structures. The confined masonry becomes common structure in earthquake prone area recently. This experimental study on confined masonry was conducted through full scale shaking table test in Japan and Peru. This study aims to better understanding the behavior under earthquake, and research for feasible and affordable seismic construction in earthquake prone area.
