Graduate Courses : Department of Architecture : Teaching Staff

ARAI Nobuyuki

Professor
ARAI Nobuyuki
Research :
・A study on refurbishment by tenants as the management method of public rental housing stock.
・A study on housing support on private rental housing for dwelling distress household.

ARIKAWA Satoshi

Professor
ARIKAWA Satoshi
Research : Main research fields are building materials and finishing, and housing production system. I've researched on the technical standards for various measures, e.g. Act on the Promotion of Dissemination of Long-life Quality Housing, Construction Materials Recycling Law, in NILIM in Tsukuba. The recent research projects that I participated in are as follows:
・Development of Technologies and Measures for Building Efficiency Assessment Aimed at Construction of a Sustainable Society（fiscal 2004-2006）
・Development of Planning and Management Technologies for the ultra-long-life Houses（fiscal 2008-2010）

ISHII Satoshi

Professor
ISHII Satoshi
Research : Main research theme is architectural design and planning of facilities or living environment for the elderly people, especially who need special support or care, or people with dementia.
In the aging society, it is getting more and more important to keep quality of the life high until the end of life.
Considering the current situation, arranging appropriate physical/architectural and social environment is being much more important.
Main topic of research and planning:
nursing home for the elderly, group home for people with dementia, special service housing for the elderly, housing and environment for the elderly in Scandinavian countries especially in Finland, community care service and facilities, design and welfare of Finland

KAGIYA Koji

KIKUTA Takatsune

Professor
KIKUTA Takatsune
Research :Research on FRCC and ultra-high insulation cementitious composites is being carried out for the purpose of improving the performance of concrete materials. In particular, we are studying cementitious materials using new materials such as carbon nanotubes and aerogels.

XU Lei

Professor
XU Lei
Research : Efforts to study environmental design and building energy saving, including:
・IFC application solution based on ISO 16739:2013, not only for the integration of architecture design and building equipment design, but also for building safety and security at the time of disaster
・Natural energy utilization（such as solar heat and PV panels）
・Energy consumption survey in buildings

XUE Songtao

Professor
XUE Songtao
Research : Research field is development of structural health monitoring system which is expected to have enormous market in the future. Such monitoring system can hourly understand the present health condition of the structure, and this topic synthesizes structural engineering, earthquake engineering, and the life analysis, etc.

FUKUYA Shoko

FUNAKI Naoki

Professor
FUNAKI Naoki
Research : I have been studying the newly application of base isolation and vibration response control system which are able to improve seismic performance of buildings.
Recently, I also proposed a new base isolation system suitable for masonry houses for earthquake disaster mitigation in developing countries of seismic area.

HORI Norio

Professor
HORI Norio
Research : Main study theme is earthquake resisting design by evaluating damaging properties of ground motions, and development of effective method to control response and damage of buildings. Damaging properties of ground motions are estimated as input energy to structures. And seismic response behavior of buildings can be estimated as process of dissipating input energy. By the energy response concept, damage controlled buildings can be designed considering damaging properties of ground motions.

WATANABE Hironori

Professor
WATANABE Hironori
Research : I have been studying urban environment, especially urban heat island phenomena and energy consumption by using techniques of field measurement, geographic information system and remote sensing. In recent days, from the viewpoint of urban safety I'm also studying the maintenance of urban facilities and water supply system under the situation of earthquake disaster.

OISHI Hiroshi

Associate Professor
OISHI Hiroshi
Research : Studies on Characteristics of Human Behavior and Psychological Evaluation in Architectural Environment
Our research subject is environmental psychology and physiology that deals with characteristics of human behavior and psychological evaluation in the architectural environment.
In these researches, we aim to clarify the evaluation of architectural environment based on the perspective of human behavior and psychological reaction in the environment.
We are conducting research using survey methods for people, such as questionnaire surveys and behavioral observation surveys.
There are various environmental elements in architecture. So, we are considering the relationship between the characteristics of the environmental elements and the human behavior in the built environment.

CAO Miao

Associate Professor
CAO Miao
Research :I research the new convergence technologies emerging from the collaboration between architecture and ICT technology. I want to implement technologies that lead to the change in the building industry by incorporating ICT technology, such as IOT and AI, which has been developing rapidly in recent years.

NAKAMURA Takumi

Associate Professor
NAKAMURA Takumi
Research : Historical study of Japanese architecture, such as vernacular houses, Shrine and Buddhist temple buildings and tea ceremony houses, especially from a viewpoint of the analysis of traditional materials and craftsmanship. There are various methods of historical s tudy, s i tes s u rvey of hi s tor ic bui ldings , documentation of traditional materials and craftsmanship, and survey of old construction documents. By these activities, evaluation of historical value as a cultural heritage is also my target.

NISHIKORI Maya

FUWA Masahito

Associate Professor
FUWA Masahito
Research : Main research theme is indigenous to environmental design which make good use of regional planning to next generation. Especially, focused on the town planning which the utilization of the historical environment and the cultural landscape play a huge part.
Also, keep working on rediscovering the regional resources. Alongside the research, continuously evaluating the landscape conservation and the landscape planning of the farming area. As part of the research, will go to each place of the traditional village, and will keep a record of their present conditions.

SAITO Ryutaro

SASAKI Rumiko

Lecturer
SASAKI Rumiko
Research :At our laboratory, the research theme is to study different architectural practices of Japan and overseas.
In particular, the role of stakeholders and various decision-making factors as well as local systems, such as regulation and customs are addressed. Furthermore, technical education of the construction laborer at construction sites, which directly determined the actual performance of building is also researched. In the construction industry, where the demand for construction workers is increasing due to globalization, we are studying the skills education in developing countries and the technology diffusion through the international migrant of skilled workers.