Recently, there has been a rapid acceleration in demographic aging. The percentage of the total population aged 65 or over reached 27.3% in 2016. A barrier-free (B.F.) environment at home is important for a safe and comfortable life. We created an evaluation list “B.F.2017” and conducted a questionnaire survey targeting elderly subjects. The results showed that the mean of satisfaction of thermal environment and long-term care environment were low compared with other indices. As a result of analysis by text mining of free answers, most words related to control of thermal environment and management of housing were extracted.

In ENEMANE HOUSE 2017, we proposed a sustainable renovation project named “Machiya + Core”, in which a model house with both traditional appearance and high energy performance was built. Energy saving technique including new solar photovoltaic power generation system and thermal comfort improvement was intended in the environmental design process. The thermal environment and energy consumption were measured in the model house, and the possibility and challenges for the ZEH renovation of traditional townhouses were examined.

This study aimed to review the planning methods used against the growth and change of hospital architecture and consider how they were used in the process of the growth and change. A bibliographic survey, a questionnaire survey and a hearing survey were conducted to achieve above 2 goals. The following results came out through an analysis on these surveys: 1) The planning methods were categorised into 17 types. 2) Statistical trends in the adoption of the planning methods were clarified. 3) The usage situations of the planning methods of 19 hospitals were grasped.

This paper aims to clarify the infant’s recognition for each space and element in kindergarten, and examine the possibility of experiment using photographic projection method. Experiment results are as follows. 1) Infant’s recognition evaluation depends on the difference of childcare environment. 2) Lower grade children are interested in small elements, upper grade are large spaces. 3) Indoor productions are preferred by boys and girls. Other preferences have some differences between boys and girls. 4) Photographic projection patterns are classified into 8 groups featured with facility environment, year-grade and sexuality. 5) Photographic projection method has a certain possibility to grasp the infant’s living territory in kindergarten.

This report focuses on the surgical departments of acute care hospitals as a key factor in high turnover procedures. The aim is to analyze current nursing activities in order to optimize logistics flow. Four nurses were followed and observed in each duty. We divided their jobs into seven categories: preparation, surgical assistance, clean-up, logistics management, information, operations and others, and also analyzed each job time and travel distance. The data obtained will be compared with that in subsequent studies.

This project proposed a light environment that coexistence of nighttime landscape and evacuation guidance for Atagawa Onsen in Shizuoka prefecture which is expected to be recreated as a tourist destination. Social experiments were conducted to arrange lighting fixtures to major landscape elements related to evacuation from tsunami. As a result, it turned out that visualizing these elements at night not only improved the landscape but also contributed to the recognition of the high ground direction. Based on the experimental results, lighting around a specific hot spring tower was permanently installed. Those lights will be familiar to tourists and it will also be an indicator that shows the evacuation direction when a disaster occurs.

This article is research on the evaluation of vacant classroom renovation by junior high school students’ DIY. In order to realize the vacant classroom renovation by school, we showed procedures for administrative permission and coordination with teachers in school. When we plan a workshop of renovation design and DIY, it is important to make process student-centered activities and to have students feel participation and enjoyment. Renovation fulfilling above conditions create a space different from existing school and can increase the students’ satisfaction and image of the school.

The project for general citizens in this report is conducted at the Fab facility which expected to be a new community base. To develop activities related to the following two points, Industry-government-academia collaboration was carried out. ① Implementation of new education in manufacturing technology using local wood. ② Expansion of use of local wood through "monozukuri" support and resolution of regional issues related to forest environmental conservation. Through this practice, we analyzed the role and the function of the community base that the Fab facility developed by the administration led.

This paper aims to develop new continuous workshop which support inhabitant’s starting of their community development project. Firstly, I designed continuous 3 workshops starting from assessment of rural community toward to design original project by inhabitants of rural community and held workshop program at two communities. Secondly, I interviewed inhabitants who have started their community development activities through this workshops. And finally, I clarified the reason why the inhabitants could start the project and indispensable condition of rural community.

The aim of this research is to clarify the formation of cooperative projects between remote local governments. For this purpose, we conducted a questionnaire survey targeting remote local governments that were implementing cooperative projects. As a result, we discovered that while in some cases the development of these projects was an extension of preexisting cooperation, in other cases the availability of grants provided the opportunity to create new relationships for the purpose of developing cooperative projects. Furthermore, we found that newly established cooperative projects could be classified into two types: the “autonomous” type and the “mediated” type.

Based on the recognition of the adverse effect of promoting compact cities that the population isolated from shopping facilities will increase, this study aims to prove that levelling the population density will make shopping facilities accessible to every citizen.
The increase in citizens isolated from shopping facilities due to the aging population has been analyzed and discussed from the viewpoint of population density and the location of grocery stores. For each city the population densities (Areas without residents have been excluded) in suburban residential areas with potential increase in citizen isolated from shopping facilities has been compared. When the population density becomes ≤60 persons per hectare, more than 50 percent of the entire area will become areas with citizens isolated from shopping facilities. If the population density throughout urbanization promotion areas can be levelled, shopping facilities become accessible to every citizen.

This research focuses on “form of a Gangi” which is private property in 7 districts of Niigata Prefecture, and aims to grasp the structure of the Gangi, the width and the height of the eaves, and to clarify the features of the form for each district.
The wooden structure including the decorative finish is the most frequent in all areas, but it became clear that it is less than half. On the other hand, 33.0% steel structure was confirmed. Regarding the dimensions of the Gangi, regional differences appeared greatly with width. However, it became clear that there was no large regional difference in height.

The aim of this paper is to clarify the arrangement of elements and activities on street space through the practice of the Sidewalk Cafe in the Orion Street, Utsunomiya city. First, the activities through people’s postures and situation and their change are examined. Secondly, the arrangement of elements such as furnitures and advertisements in relationship to adjacent buildings are examined. By integrating them, the sets of the arrangements and activities are analyzed. Finally, through the sequence of the set, the characteristics of the street space are clarified.

The purpose of this research is to consider the urban development method considering the influence of regional airport located in urban areas. Therefore, it analyzed the description of the airport in administrative materials formulated by the municipality of the city. Factor analysis and cluster analysis showed that the regional airports can be classified into 4 groups. In addition, it was found that the urban development method around these airports can be divided into four according to the “availability of the airport” and “the connection to the expressway is before or after opening the airport”.

There are over 2,470 buildings illegally located in the urbanization control area of Sapporo City, and they have to be rectified. We clarified the basic data to rectify the illegal buildings in the urbanization control areas in Sapporo City. Through the regional characteristics of the location of illegal buildings and the factor analysis, we revealed the following. The major factors that affect the number and types of illegal buildings in Sapporo are as follows: 1) The geographical characteristics of Sapporo City, 2) former laws and zoning for residential districts, 3) the size of urbanization control areas, and 4) transportation infrastructure systems.

In suburban residential areas where population decline continues, it is necessary to maintain public services by residents autonomy. This report considers measures to promote local autonomy from survey on activity of Liaison Centers of Sapporo City Government and neighborhood associations.
In conclusion, I pointed out that the next roles of the Liaison Centers are important.
To promote collaboration among neighborhood associations and other organizations, to conduct model projects, to provide wisdom and ideas and to provide various information.

This study clarified the process and contents of the development of “Disaster Prevention Art Program” and examined its evaluation. This program complements the “Nigechizu Workshop” and expresses and develops “play in the town”, “know the town” and “feel the emotional movement” in the art, to convey evacuation experiences and the local history culture. In place where disasters are predicted, we made participants sensuously understand disasters, and as a result, raised the enjoyment and familiarity of the program and raised the interest in disaster prevention. It became clear that more people can act calmly when a disaster occurs.

This study examines about the changes of residents and lifestyle at resettlement projects that were built due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. A quarter century has passed since the resettle of victims and how the resettlements have been used through this long term is unknown. Through the study, continuations of use by some victims were revealed, and also transference of new residents has been observed. Provided core houses are being adjusted by both settlers and new comers. Changes of family structure and growth of children were identified as the cause of extension.

The purpose of this thesis is to proceed with preparation of Tsunami Evacuation site in the Disaster risk reduction plan. For that, we developed [Simulation of life by stage] and play this simulation at Kiki in Minami town, Tokushima prefecture.
The overall workflow:
1) Gather the necessary data to do the simulation
2) Decide the estimated value from the data
3) Decide 4 scene of the simulation and Make 4 map for each scene
4) Play the simulation

In order to promote reconstruction promptly after the disaster caused by the Tokyo Metropolitan Earthquake that will strike in near future, it is important for the local governments, local residents, and the city planners, to prepare the scenario for the goal image of urban recovery before the disaster.
This paper clarifies the usefulness of the database for post-disaster urban recovery, by using information of community-training method for reconstruction accumulated on the database, in the simulation assuming consultation of reconstruction after the disaster.

This paper explores implementation of the rebuilding furtherance specific district for fireproof in Tokyo. The furtherance has a tendency toward furtherance of house demolition differ greatly, furtherance of design cost set standard operation. Also, there are cases the furtherance house demolition and design cost were applied separately, they were integrated. In addition, there was also a unique operation add on the amount to furtherance of housing rehabilitation.

The Development Permission System must be conformed with the Urban Planning Master Plan of each municipality.
In this study, I focus on the characteristics of the urban MP and the adjustment area of the land use policy in the three major metropolitan cities. The purpose of this study is to obtain useful knowledge by clarifying the relationship with the land use policy of the adjustment area and the operational status of each Development Permission System in the adjustment area.

In this research, we analyze the influence of the efforts of the basic concept planning committee of the new city hall relocation on the consensus formation of citizens. For that purpose, the attitude of the administration, the role of the consultant, the content of the committee, and the change in the consciousness of the citizens were arranged.
In this result, a method effective for citizen consensus formation was considered. It was found that the attitude of the committee from the standpoint of citizens was effective in consensus building.

The purpose of this paper is to report the method, the result, and the evaluation on Field and Actual scale workshop in the waterfront public space to image the improvement plans more certainly.
The conclusions are as follows. 1) Each workshop could collect many opinions from the participants by the method to use tools according to the examination items and contents. 2) Based on the opinion, Sumida ward office reconsidered and decided improvement plans 3) Because participants could image the improvement plans by going to the field and using tools, the participants were satisfied by this method.

The purpose of this paper is to report the contents, the results, the system of the organization, rolls of members, the effects and the evaluation on Machidukuri event “Load Painting For Children” on the case study in Tsukishima Nagaya School.
The conclusions are as follows. 1) This event can be community activity which young generation participate. 2) This event can raise awareness for town and community activities. 3) This event is able to be held by partnership among students, residents, and community associations. 4) Coloring works and explanations about the management organization are necessary for making exchange between participants.

This paper studied the influence of the diversity of the direction of pedestrians (“DDP”) on the feeling of vibrancy. Sixteen processed images, which have different situations of the DDP, the number of people, the presence of shops, and the width of the street, were presented to test subjects. Analysis of variance showed the DDP has a certain influence on the feeling of vibrancy, and when it is large, the subjects feel lively and fun. In addition, the analysis of interactions showed that the effect of the DDP does not sufficiently appear if the number of the people is small.

In order to grasp the outline of the vacant house initiatives by municipalities, this paper aims to clarify the nationwide trend of municipal initiatives and to show the challenges, focusing on the demolition program. As a result, the number of demolition program has increased and it is expected that the assistance of expense will continue to increase in the future. According to the evaluation by the officials in charge, many municipalities have got the know-how of program and there is a certain achievement, but the understanding of residents and ripple effect on the neighborhood are not enough. One of the challenges would be the prioritizing the property be demolished with public expense.

From case studies, we estimated repair costs of long-term dwelling houses and then examined how to manage and maintain the residence effectively. The average repair cost of the target houses is about 16,400yen/month, which would be a rough indication for house maintenance. Subsidy systems become effective incentives to improve the dwelling performance. To maintain and manage houses, long-term plans are important. At the time of periodic inspections and renovation, diagnosis and advice by experts such as architects are needed. Experts such as builders who related with residents continuously in small repairs are important, too.

After the Great East Japan Earthquake, the housing lease program provided private rental houses to be used as temporary housing. Many victims moved from their homes to other areas when they moved into rental houses. In order to examine these residential movements within municipalities and their influence on where rebuilding occurred, data concerning leases in three municipalities of Miyagi Prefecture were analyzed. From thirty to fifty percent of households moved to other areas more urbanized than their original areas or to less-damaged areas. These moved households have tendency to live in almost the same areas as their rental houses.

Many local governments are currently undergoing public facilities restructuring plans. In this research, we focus on ‘change of management entity’ which is to delegate the management of the property from local government to the private sector. Changes of management entities of the meeting place are conducted for facilities targeting small scale areas corresponding to self-government associations, and many of the change-destination of management entities are self-government associations. Although it is effective in the short term as a method to ensure the continuation of the activities of residents so far, it has become clear that the long-term maintenance has many issues.

The effective actions for vacant houses issues are examined. Based on the vacant houses special measures law, almost all municipalities have organized sections working on the problem and formulated their own vacant houses countermeasure plan. The countermeasures contain consultation system for an owner of a vacant house, support plan and public relations, demolition or revitalization assistance and cooperation with the private sectors. Prevention of vacant houses is required, which includes the utilization for social housing or public facilities in corporation with its community.

This research investigates the role of the Residential Support Council of Toshima municipality in securing housing for citizen in need, especially for single-parent families. Although the council has been seeking a way to make use of vacant houses for those in need, the condition of buildings and the complexity of landholding relationships have been hindering the efficient use of the properties. Through the surveys, this study clarifies the necessity of the collaboration between stakeholders, such as real estate agencies, property owners and NPOs, to enhance the support system, among which the Residential Support Council can play a considerable role.

With regards to the dimensions of the shrines, I studied the relation between the dimensions of the frontage of the shinto shrine, including the main shrine and that of the attached buildings. The dimensions of the buildings were basically determined as the length between the pillar centers. However, other measurement methods, such as the “outside measurement” (oze) and “inside measurement” (daki) were also used. Focusing on this aspect, I clarified that the relation between the frontage dimensions of the main and attached buildings can be expressed in simple ratios based on whole numbers.

This study aims to research the system of promotion for settling in the reclaiming land of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry by the historical documents. The system was set up in 1920 and revised in 1926 and 1929. The government subsidized for settlers of building their houses. By the documents of Tokiwamura Chubu Cultivated Land readjustment corporation from 1923 to 1934, it submitted the plans, the specifications and the budgets and was inspected and conducted. After revising, the system worked more effective and standardized the dimensions, the costs and the plans of the settlers’ houses.

The Toma residence located in Chigasaki was constructed in 1930, and Nishimura Architect Company joined in the construction. Nishimura Architect Company was normally conducting design with construction, but in the Toma house the company was responsible only for the design. The Toma Family possess the design books, specifications and estimates by Nishimura Architect Company. Those documents show that the company used original specifications, considering the Western style housing.

This study aims, through a comprehensive survey, to identify all the Catholic churches in Hong Kong, which were established between 1945 and 1955. It was revealed that “chapels in refugee settlements” emerged in the early 1950s due to the influx of refugees from China whereas “stand-alone churches” and “mission stations,” which occupied the majority of churches until the early 20th century, decreased. Another type of church emerged was “church and school complex,” which was a school building that had a permanent parish church space inside. Such type of church was devised to cater for a rapid increase of young population.

The purpose of the study is to reveal the full picture of the relocation and reconstruction of the Former Imperial Hotel (1923-1968) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and to investigate the “preservation of the architectural style” proposed by Yoshiro Taniguchi (1904-1979), the first director of the Museum Meiji-Mura. This paper (part 2) looks at the process behind the preservation movement of the Former Imperial Hotel, which resulted in its relocation, and examines the survey records obtained by Akira Muto laboratory of Kogakuin University and the documentary photography taken by Shindo Akashi laboratory of Waseda University during its dismantling.

In this research, we will prepare the flow of examination of effective utilization and succession method for private enterprise. We examine how factors related to business performance not found in guidelines targeting conventional public buildings were examined and whether they influenced the judgment of the method based on actual examples. In this paper (Part 2), we will look at Kabukiza Theatre revitalization project that redeveloped Kabukiza Theatre a special theater for kabuki, the traditional Japanese performing arts, and redeveloped it as a complex, Summarize the findings.

The former second house of Higashifushimi Kunihide is one of the most important architectural landmarks representing Yokohama.
This report is appearance conservation work of former second of higashifushimi kunihide earl. Main conservation work parts are roof, outside wall, and window. We work on the basis of survey until previous year.

The study describes an architectural survey of OKURA MUSEUM OF ART designed by Chuta Ito. We made surveys about the materials, the structures and the building constructions. This study will be a reference example for architects and constructers who work on conservation repair work of modern architectures. Result of surveys, we found the concrete compressive strength is adequate but the concrete neutralization is progressing. OKURA MUSEUM building has a roof slab and steel shutters, steel window sashes. These improve fire resistance. We had found that concatenation of rooftops and restoration of corbels will be the subjects of future conservation repair work.

In the case of inheriting historic buildings during private redevelopment, we examine the factors that influenced the judgment of the method. In this paper, we will look at the JP Tower project which redeveloped the Tokyo Central Post Office which is a modern Japanese architecture and summarized the knowledge gained about the review process.

The purpose of SUZUNOYA-ISEKI-HOZONKAI is the preservation and utilization of the former house and calligraphies, books, and other materials related to Motoori Norinaga. But the main project was restricted to the relocation of the former house because of fund shortage. Collection and exhibition was mainly done at the storehouse and the former house, and other facilities nearby were used for conservation. Activities of SUZUNOYA-ISEKI-HOZONKAI were multiple preservation that preserved the former house and keped related materials. The preservation activities of SUZUNOYA-ISEKI-HOZONKAI is evaluated as a sprout practical example when the system of preservation of the calligraphies, books was underdeveloped.

This study describes an architectural survey on the former Institute of Public Health (MINATO CITY LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM). We conducted surveys on documents, exterior and interior materials, sashes, equipment and structures. We found huge amount of document in the Tokyo Metropolitan Archives, etc. We could see the careful consideration by Yoshikazu UCHIDA in natural ventilation. The exterior finishing materials were lifted. The concrete compressive strength is enough but the neutralization is progressing. These survey results were referenced in the conservation repair work from 2016. We hope this study will be useful for future research on modern architecture before WW II.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have entered wide use in recent years for various purposes. The need to inspect and survey high-rise buildings and other structures is expected to drive growth in the use of UAVs. However, achieving widespread use of UAVs for structural inspections will require not just determining the required performance and settings for UAV units and cameras, but efforts to promote the sharing of basic drone inspection knowhow. This paper presents the results of our testing to establish ideal drone operating and image-capturing methods for structural inspections and surveys.

This study examined a voice navigation system as an assistive device for visually impaired in a busy urban environment. Eleven volunteers participated in this social experiment and evaluated the system for their daily solo-walking. Although there were some shortfalls of the system, participants expressed their interest in using it in the future. This test also aimed at assessing tightly configured street through the lens of Universal Design for future improvement. This article concluded that use of an assistive device works as a complement to achieve a higher level of accessibility where the physical environment could not offer an ideal environment.

The serious flood disaster occurred at the river basin of Kinu-river in September of 2015. The disaster was called “Kanto-Tohoku heavy rain fall in September 2015”. In this disaster, the levee of Kinu-river was breached, and the flood flow had spread over the urban area of Joso city in Ibaraki prefecture. In this study, research on flood resistant architectures was reviewed. Also, the numerical simulation on the flood flow was performed. And, the reason why the houses had been swept away was discussed on the basis of the result of simulation. Furthermore, a necessity of hazard maps considering an inundation depth and a flood velocity was pointed out.

The authors have been continuing literature surveys on inland damaging earthquakes in Akita prefecture. The 2011 off Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake also caused damage in Akita prefecture. This type of mega earthquake in the Pacific Ocean have been occurred repeatedly. In this paper, the 1968 Tokachi-oki earthquake is picked up as a typical one and literature survey is performed with reports and newspaper articles at that time. Several damages in human casualties, buildings, railways, roads and so on are revealed. Induced effects to Akita prefecture are also listed up and discussed.

The 1927 Kita-tango earthquake occurred under heavy snow conditions. The authors surveyed snow effects to this earthquake disaster through newspaper articles at that time. In this paper, more considerations are carried out using photographical materials appeared in the reconnaissance reports, scientific papers, newspaper and graphical magazines. Collected photos are classified and listed. Snow effects to buildings and infrastructures, evacuation life on the snow and relief activities under snowy weather are discussed through visual materials.