Faculty and Research Themes
Department of Architecture

・ Development of Seismic control device and design procedure
・ Development of seismic response control technology for building structures
・ New welding technology for seismic retrofit

Example of vibration control device for seismic response control (viscous mass damper)

・ Research on landscape aspect changes
・ Research on cultural activities and temporary environments in cities
・ Research on children's play environments

Playhouse @ Play Park (adventure playground)

・ Housing that creates communities
・ Urban renewal and regional revitalization
・ Contemporary Japanese room studies

Children passing through apartment complex grounds

・ Color phenomena in cities and architecture
・ Urban and architectural imagery
・ Spatial cognition and route finding

Colorful Santorini Island

・ Development of tile materials and methods from cool roof perspective and roof landscape
・ Design and management of public spaces and urban housing in Asia
・ History of urban design and urban policy in postwar Japan

Sake brewery renovation proposal

・ Effects of thermal environment on human sleep and thermoregulation
・ The effect of low temperature on sleep and thermoregaultion with insufficient bedding assuming an emergency evacuation
・ Brain activity and cognitive performance in the office environment

Sleep experiment in simulated evacuation shelter environment

・ Vibroacoustic analysis
・ Prediction of strucure-borne sound
・ Improvement of sound insulation and abscription performance

Acoustic laboratory (anechoic chamber)

・ Environmental Engineering in Architecture
・ Fundamental Study for Designing the Visual and Lighting Environment of Interior and Exterior
・ Integration of Daylighting and Artificial Lighting Effective to Visual Perception and Energy Saving

Room brightness evaluation experiment

・ A history of Japanese domestic architecture
・ Research of the history of Japanese historical architecture in Europe
・ Urban Housing in the Ancient Capital-city Heian

Book "Residences of Heian Aristocrats - Re-reading Japanese Housing History from Shinden-zukuri" Yoshikawa Kobunkan 2021

・ Mechanics of wooden structures
・ Development of a sliding base isolation system for seismic protection of masonry buildings
・ Development of a sliding base isolation system for seismic protection of masonry buildings

Next-generation wooden building vibration test specimen

・ Dynamic response and performance of structural systems under seismic excitations
・ Modeling and prediction of strong ground motions
・ Random vibration theory and its application to seismic structural design

Earthquake observation system at Kansai University

・ Sensory evaluation of odor
・ Utilization of aroma
・ Improvement of indoor air quality

Equipment and reagents necessary for odor measurement and evaluation

・ Research on the city management directed by Japanese financial cliques
・ Research on the development of office buildings as building type
・ Modern architectural history of small houses

Itcho London: Tokyo famous places postcard

・ Modern Architecture in Osaka
・ Architectural Conservation of Modern Buildings in Japan

Former Yamamura House, a masterpiece residence from the Taisho era designed by F.L. Wright

・ Interdisciplinary Research on Structural Characteristics of Historic Buildings
・ Practical Research on Structural Measures for Historic Buildings
・ International Comparison of Structural Measures for Historic Buildings

National Treasure Yakushiji East Pagoda (left) and reconstructed West Pagoda (right)

・ Housing Environments in Asia and Oceania
・ Informal settlements
・ Participatory design decision-making processes

Traditional houses rebuilt through communal labor after disasters (Fiji)