This study targeted houses with semi-public spaces described in Shinkenchiku Jutakutokushu (2006 to 2023). Those houses have connecting spaces, and the spatial configuration technique of those connecting spaces was analyzed and studied from three viewpoints: access route from the road, the layout relationship between the main room in the semi-public spaces and the private spaces, and visual transparency. The results revealed that many such connecting spaces play an important role of coordinating the relationship between the main room in the semi-public spaces and the private spaces while leading visitors to the house as an access route from the road.

This paper will identify how Chair-style Seating was introduced in the modernization of Japanese housing. By analyzing the bulletin ‘Jutaku’, published by the “Jutaku-Kairyo-Kai” from 1916 to 1943, the study reveals that wooden floors were introduced primarily in visitor accommodations, family living spaces, and private rooms. It was found that several patterns emerged: coexistence of tatami and wooden floor rooms for similar purposes, transitioning from tatami to wooden floor, and a division of family shared spaces into dining and living areas. It was also found that chair seating was often prioritized in spaces for entertaining guests over family living spaces.

The purpose of this study is to clarify the actual status of long-term care usage in each planning area of the “Community-based Integrated Care System”, by integrally analyzing long-term care receipt data for 15 municipalities. The following was clarified. 1) The actual status of care usage was classified into three categories, depending on whether the use of care services was more frequent in the residents’ own area, in other areas within the same municipality, or in the areas of other municipalities. 2) It’s necessary to establish and coordinate planning areas beyond the municipality.

This study examined CMPs of National Universities to learn the guidelines for sustainably developing university campus spaces. Nine principles were established on the basis of prior research, and the descriptions of historic spatial development in CMPs were analyzed. The results showed several examples of prioritizing the development of green spaces and roadside trees and the relocation of historical buildings, which suggests that CMPs drafted with due consideration given to nearby areas contribute to the usage of surplus space and the appeal of the surrounding city.

More than a year has passed since COVID-19 was classifi ed as a class 5 infectious disease in Japan. Howevere, in elderly inpatient facilities, where residents are at high risk of developing severe symptoms, there is still a strong need to prevent mass infections. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to obtain knowledge that will lead to the prevention of the spread of COVID-19. I first clarify occurrence of COVID-19 cases in elderly inpatient facilities, and then consider the spread of positive cases from a spatial perspective.

In this paper, by using the cadastral maps and cadastre, we created a restoration map of the Hyogo-no-tsu Kitahama in Meiji period. Using this restoration map, focusing on land use and the form of land division, we analyzed the characteristics of the urban space, in the system of points, lines, and faces. Through the analysis of this paper, this methodology has been validated as an effective approach for discovering historical resources in urban plan & community development.

This paper explores the actual condition of the connections between activities focusing on transformation of activities from pre-disaster to collective relocation from interview. The main results are as follows. 1) After the earthquake, activities that were connected to pre-disaster activities were repeated. 2) Residents’ perception of the “potential of place” had changed after the earthquake. 3) It is important to plan housing sites to include connections between activities in order to maintain continuity with pre-disaster life. 4) The continuity of events contributed to the maintenance of interactions between inhabitants, such as tea parties.

In order to identify the characteristics of the space in relation to local industry, attention was paid to the land-use transition and occupational structure of Inujima. It was revealed that the stone walls on the island were built by masons and boat transport operators on the boundaries of their respective sites, using stones from their respective hauliers and materials from inside and outside the island. We believe that the understanding of the actual use of stone in the village has discovered the industrial heritage as a landscape and given a new value system to the view of the area.

Access time and egress time are still long and weigh heavily on us as travel time. We obtain travel time to a station that will be reduced by using railroad-carriable mobility vehicles compared to walking. In addition, we quantify the areas where accessibility to multiple stations is improved and indicate the areas and stations that are significantly more convenient. After analyzing the stationary area of each station, we calculate the shortened travel time considering the pair of boarding and getting off stations. In the process, we visualize the expansion of people’s travel areas and the convenience of each station.

Using residential basements has been generally prohibited since 1950 in Japan. It has started to be allowed since 1994 discounting floor-area of the basements in calculating floor area ratio. This study analyzed how the discounting system has changed residential areas in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. It revealed that most detached houses with basements are wooden, and 3-story and their increase has caused site subdivision, decrease in green and vulnerability to disasters. On the other hand, since most housing complexes with basements are made of reinforced concrete, their increase hasn’t caused site subdivision, decrease in green and vulnerability to disasters.

The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between four factors - pedestrian traffic volume, buildings along the road, zones on the footpath and seating devices - and stagnation space, and to determine how footpath space with a small spatial margin is used as stagnation space. The results of the analysis showed that even footpaths with high pedestrian traffic and low spatial margins have the potential to be used as retention spaces. The elements that encourage retention in such footpath spaces are 1) building frontages, 2) planting strips away from the roadside site and 3) seating devices.

In this study, we verified the spring water flow estimation formula in previous years while keeping the underground structure as a black box. As results,

1) The validity of previous years’ estimation methods was verified for both annual water balance and short-term water balance for calculating daily flow.

2) In planning the return of the base site, it is necessary to consider the land use plan from the stage when the base is not accessible, but we have established a method that allows us to estimate the impact of development on the water cycle in this stage.

This study uses local integrated value calculated from the angular segment analysis in the space syntax theory as an urban configuration measure, and examines relationship between local integration values and spatial distributions of pedestrians by conducting the correlation analyses with pedestrian movements around four central stations. The conclusions are as follows.

1. The integrated value (R=400m) responds to the block’s size. and the integrated value (R=1200m) responds to proximity to arterial streets.

2. The relationship between local integration values and the spatial distributions of pedestrians in the central station areas reflects the characteristics of the urban configurations in these areas.

The study surveyed 10 wineries in Tokyo and Kanagawa to determine the characteristics of wineries in town and their regional networks.The survey revealed that wineries are located in easily accessible areas, wineries with their own vineyards secure cultivation sites in a variety of ways, winemakers have diverse backgrounds, local residents can participate in all stages of the winemaking process, related base of activities scattered off wineries property, and cooperation with various collaborators results in the wineries are building diverse regional networks.

Methods are devised from the development of operation as three aspects of the performance of autonomous transport robots required at construction sites: explorability, safety, and versatility.

1. Explorability was enhanced by curiosity-driven exploration with intrinsic rewards, which reduced the number of externally rewarded items, and generalizability design improved accuracy.

2. Safety was achieved by creating safe areas for the agent and objects in the environment, as well as by granting negative rewards.

3. Generalizability is affected by the relationship between the variety of learning environments and learning accuracy fit.

Although “Bunto-gata” minka were identified in the prewar period, they were not widely identified in various places until after the war, and as research progressed, terms to describe “Bunto-gata” minka were coined in various places, such as “Nanto-gata”, “Futamune-zukuri”, “Kamaya-date”, “Betsumune-gata” and “Bunto-gata”.

OKAWA N. began to use the term “Bunto-gata” minka in earnest in March 1975. This term was coined with the aim of providing a unified name for these houses.

The aim of this paper is to clarify the formation of the concept of ‘standard’ by French engineer and architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984). The analysis of his discourse shows that the ‘standard’ consisted of the three phases: ‘history’, ‘handwork’ and ‘elements’. ‘Standard’ for construction of mass-produced housing was not only about normalizing systematic dimensions. By developing the ‘elements’ of construction based on the ‘handwork’ of the craftsman, he aimed to construct buildings with a ‘mutability’. For Prouvé, such buildings were the characteristics of historic buildings and a way of responding to the diversity of climate.

This study aims to clarify the additional elements breaking the indoor-outdoor enclosure in published contemporary Japanese urban houses designed by architects after 1970. In a high-density urban environment, the architectural element crossing the physical boundary has the potential to extend human perception and connect internal and external objects. Initially, the additional elements were defined. Next, the spatial composition of the additional elements and 12 types was summarized. Then, the internal and external intended human behaviors of each type were compared, and five patterns were established. Finally, the correlation between spatial composition and intended human behaviors was concluded.

This study examines the 40-year period of redevelopment in Nankinmachi Kobe, from 1980 to the present. Through an examination of the history and content of landscape improvement during four redevelopment projects, in order to spatially clarify the specific content of landscape maintenance projects in Nankinmachi, but also diachronically clarify the regulatory content of administrative landscape policies.