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ADMISSION INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

20122012 EDITION

Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering,

The University of Tokyo

http://www.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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113-8656 7-3-1

03-5841-6155

: 03-5841-8518

: [email protected]

113-8656 7-3-1

03-5841-6013

: 03-5841-6186

113-8656 7-3-1

03-5841-6038

: 03-5841-6057

:[email protected]

113-8656 7-3-1

03-5841-6043

: 03-5841-6057

:[email protected]

Information:

Dr. Kaori Fujita, Associate Professor

Department of Architecture

Graduate School of Engineering,


7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656 JAPAN

tel: +81-3-5841-6155 fax: +81-3-5841-8518

e-mail address : [email protected]

Office of Department of Architecture

Graduate School of Engineering,



tel: +81-3-5841-6013 fax: +81-3-5841-6186

Office of Graduate School of Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering



tel: +81-3-5841-6038 fax: +81-3-5841-6057

E-mail: [email protected]

Office of International Students,




tel: +81-3-5841-6043 fax: +81-3-5841-6057


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 1

2. KENKYUSEI PROGRAM.......... ................................... 3

3. MASTER'S PROGRAM................................................. 5

4. DOCTORAL PROGRAM.............................................. 7

5. FEES ............................................................................... 9

6. LIVING AND STUDYING EXPENSES IN JAPAN .... 9

7. SCHOLARSHIPS ........................................................... 9

8. FACULTY MEMBERS AND RESEARCH FIELDS.. 10

Appendix:

Faculty members of the Department of Environmental

Studies, Graduate School Frontier Science................... 23

revised on April 1st, 2012

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Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

1 1. INTRODUCTION

This admission brochure is mainly for applicants who have gradu-

ated (or will graduate) from foreign universities or masters pro-

grams and who would like to enter the Department of Architecture,

the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

Please note that another entrance procedure, which is the same asthat for Japanese applicants, is prepared for foreign applicants who

have graduated (or will graduate) from universities or masters pro-

gram in Japan.

(1) (2) (3)

(4)

There are four programs in the graduate school: (1) the postgradu-

ate foreign research student (Kenkyusei) program, (2) the masters

program, (3) the doctoral program and (4) the Special English-

Language Urban Design Architecture Course (masters program

in English)

1

The postgraduate foreign research student(Kenkyusei) program is

a non-degree course for foreign students who wish to study a par-

ticular subject under the guidance of a faculty member of the De-partment of Architecture, generally for one year.

2

(*1)

The masters program is a program, leading to a masters degree.

The standard term is two years. The degree is awarded upon acqui-

sition of required credits, favorable acceptance of the thesis, and

successful passing of the final examinations.

As a general rule, those who wish to enter the masters program

must apply directly to the program without entering the kenkyusei

program beforehand.

3

(*2)

The doctoral program is a program leading to a doctorate degree.

The standard term is three years. The degree is awarded upon ac-

quisition of required credits, favorable acceptance of the thesis andsuccessful passing of the final examinations.

As a general rule, those who wish to enter the doctoral program

must enter the kenkyusei program before admission to the doctral

program.

2

URL

TheSpecial English-Language Urban Design Architecture Course

is a program leading to a masters degree. The standard term is two

years. This course is provided in English For further information,

please refer to the URL below.

http://www.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/?Special%20English-

Language%20Urban%20Design%20Architecture%20Course%

20%282010%29

http : / /www.arch . t .u- tokyo.ac . jp /?Specia l%20English-

Language%20Urban%20Design%20Architecture%20Course%20

%282010%29

Applicants are advised to select a supervising faculty member most

appropriate to his or her study and to contact the supervisor prior to

application to confirm the field of research.

Lectures and instructions are generally in Japanese. Applicants, es-

pecially those for the masters program, should note that achieve-

ment of proficiency in the Japanese language is essential.

Proficiency in the Japanese language is also required for applicants

to the post graduate foreign research student (Kenkyusei) program

and the doctoral program with the exception of certain research

fields and cases where approval by the selected faculty member has

been obtained.In such case, proficiency in the English language is

desirable.

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Applicants must submit two different types of documents: Appli-

cation Documents for the Graduate School of Engineering and

Application Documents for the Department of Architecture.

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2 2. KENKYUSEI PROGRAM2-(a) 2-(a) Admissions Eligibility

i) i) A graduate of a university.

ii)

ii) A person recognized as equivalent to a graduate of the

University of Tokyo in qualifications.

2-(b) 2-(b) Time of Enrollment and Term of Registration 4 10 1

3

Time of enrollment forKenkyuseiis at the beginning of each se-

mester, April and October. The term of registrasion forKenkyusei

is one year; however, this period may be extended up to the limit of

three years upon request.

2-(c) 2-(c) Application Procedure 2-(f)

2-(e)

Applicants must submit or send by mail a complete set of Appli-

cation Documents for the Graduate School of Engineering and

Application Documents for the Department of Architecture to the

Office of International Students, Graduate School of Engineering

during the specified period.

2-(d) 2-(d) Application Period The application periods are:

2012 10 For admission in October 2012,

2012 4 1 5 31 from 1 April to 31 May 2012

2013 4 For admission in April 2013,

2012 10 1 11 30 from 1 October to 30 November 2012

2-(e) 2-(e) Application Documents for the Department ofArchitecture

The following documents are required:

i) i) Research Plan:

A4 (210 297mm) 2

In at least two pages of A4 size (210 x 297mm) papers,

describe, in Japanese or in English, your past achievements

and future study proposal for a specific field of study in the

study program.

ii) ii) Letters of Recommendation:

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Recommendation letters, in the enclosed specified form,

should be completed by two evaluators well acquainted

with the applicants ability in his or her research field and

with the applicants personality. Each complete form and a

post card with the name and address of the evaluator, is to

be sealed in the enclosed envelope and signed across the

seal by the evaluator. The recommendation letters must be

completed within the 6 months of submission of

application documents.

iii) iii) Curriculum Vitae:

A4 A3

If you have any professional experience, list the names ofemployers, dates, job titles, and nature of work, starting

with the most recent employment, on A4-size paper.

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iv)

iv) A portfolio of accomplished academic design work and/or

summary of accomplished research work:

A4 A3

Presented on A4-size paper (A3-size paper folded into A4-

size acceptable).

2-(f) 2-(f) Application Documents for the GraduateSchool of Engineering.

Application materials for the Graduate School of Engineering is

distributed at :

113-8656 7-3-1 Office of International Students


http://ois.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/admission/index.html 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656

JAPAN

tel: +81-3-5841-6043 fax: +81-3-5841-6057

E-mail: [email protected]:http://ois.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/admission/index.html

2-(g) 2-(g) Selection Selection is made on the basis of evaluation of the submitted docu-

ments.

2-(h) 2-(h) Number of Acceptances The number of students accepted into the Kenkyusei program each

year is generally limited to one per faculty member.

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3 3. MASTERS PROGRAM3-(a) 3-(a)Admissions Eligibility

i) i) A graduate of a university.

ii) 16 ii) A person who has 16 years of education overseas.

iii)

iii) A person recognized as equivalent to a graduate of the

University of Tokyo in qualifications.

3-(b) 3-(b) Time of Enrollment 4 10 Enrollment to the masters program is generally at the beginning

of each school year (April). Enrollment at the beginning of winter

semester (October) is also possible.

3-(c) 3-(c) Application Procedure

Applicants must send by mail completed sets of Application Doc-uments for the Graduate School of Engineering and Application

Documents for the Department of Architecture to the Office of

Graduate School of Engineering during the specified period.

3-(d) 3-(d) Application Period3-(g) 9 7

Application documents for the masters program must be submit-

ted during the specified period in July.

3-(e) 3-(e) Application Documents for the Division of Ar-chitecture

2-(e) Follow the same instructions in article 2-(e).

In the case where the applicant is enrolled in the Kenkyusei Pro-

gram, the applicant does not need to submit a letter of recommen-

dation.

3-(f) 3-(f) Application Documents for the GraduateSchool of Engineering

Application materials for the Graduate School of Engineering can

be obtained by writing to:

113-8656 7-3-1 Office of Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo,

7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656

JAPAN

tel: +81-3-5841-6038 fax: +81-3-5841-6057


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3-(g) 3-(g) Selection 9

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(a)

(b) (c)

As a general rule, selection is made on the basis of the examination

(called tokubetsu senko) conducted every September. The exam-

ination is composed of a written examination and an oral examina-

tion. In the written examination, applicants have the choice

between a 3-hour special subject and a 4-hour drawing subject. For

the special subject, one must choose one out of three fields :(a)

planning and history, (b) environment control engineering, and (c)

structural engineering and material science. For the oral examina-

tion, a short interview is carried out to each applicant by the faculty

members.

Written examination are presented in Japanese and English. An-

swers must be in the either two. The oral examination may be con-

ducted in Japanese or in English.

There is another selection method (called yobi senko) that ex-

empts specific applicants from the examination above (tokubetsu

senko). Qualified applicants are those who have already succeed-

ed in obtaining government scholarships etc. and who wish to be se-

lected before coming to Japan. Please contact the Office of

Department of Architecture for further details.

Foreign applicants who have graduated (or will graduate) from uni-

versities in Japan must take the same entrance examination as Jap-

anese applicants (called ippan senbatsu).

3-(h) 3-(h) Number of Acceptances The number of accepted non-japanese students is generally limited

to one student per faculty member.

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4 4. DOCTORAL PROGRAM4-(a) 4-(a) Admissions Eligibility

i) i) A person with a master's degree.

ii)

ii) A person with a degree equivalent to a masters degree from

an overseas university.

iii) 2

iii) A person who has engaged in research for at least two years

after graduating a university and who is recognized, in ac-

cordance with the rules of the Division, as equivalent to

holding a masters degree as a result of his or her research.

iv)

iv) A person recognized as equivalent in qualifications to a

holder of a master's degree from the University of Tokyo.

ii)

ii)

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Applicants who have graduated from a masters program or an

equivalent course of research in a foreign country (applicants who

correspond to ii) ) must enroll in theKenkyusei program of the De-

partment of Architecture for at least 6 months before admission tothe doctoral program.

4-(b) 4-(b) Time of Enrollment 4 10 Enrollment to the doctoral program is generally at the beginning

of each school year (April). Enrollment at the beginning of the win-

ter semester (October) is possible.

4-(c) 4-(c) Application Procedure

(2-(c))

Applicants who have graduated from a masters program or an

equivalent course of research in a foreign country must first applyto the postgraduate foreign research student (kenkyusei) program.

Refer to the application procedure for the program (2-(c)).

Applicants are strongly advised to contact the faculty member who

they wish to work with prior to the application and to consult with

the prospective supervisor on their research field and the possibil-

ity of acceptance.

4-(d) 4-(d) Application Period4-(g) 9 7

Application documents for the doctoral program must be submitted

during the specified period in July in order to take the examination

in September.

4-(g)

Non-Japanese applicants who have graduated (or will graduate)

from a master's program in Japan should refer to the following ar-

ticle 4-(g).

4-(e) 4-(e) Application Documents for the Division of Ar-chitecture

2-(e) Follow the same instructions in article 2-(e).

In the case where the applicant is enrolled in the Kenkyusei Pro-

gram, the applicant does not need to submit a letter of recommen-dation.

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4-(f) 4-(f) Application Documents for the GraduateSchool of Engineering

Application materials for the Graduate School of Engineering canbe obtained by writing to:

113-8656 7-3-1 Office of Graduate School of Engineering

The University of Tokyo,

7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656

JAPAN

tel: +81-3-5841-6038 fax: +81-3-5841-6057


4-(g) 4-(g) Selection 9

1

3 4

(a) (b)

(c)

2

As a general rule, selection is made on the basis of the examination

conducted every September. Examination is composed of a primary

examination and a secondary examination. The former includes a

written examination and an oral examination. For the written exam-

ination, as in the case of masters program, applicants have the

choice between a 3-hour special subject and a 4-hour drawing sub-

ject. For the special subject, one must choose one out of three fields

: (a) planning and history, (b) environment control engineering, and

(c) structural engineering and material science. In the oral examina-

tion, a short interview is carried out to each applicant by the faculty

members. The secondary examination is a presentation of the appli-

cants master thesis or an alternative research paper conducted to the

faculty members. The language used in the examinations may be ei-

ther Japanese or English.

There is another selection method (called "yobi senko") that ex-

empts specific applicants from the above examination. Qualified

applicants are those who have already succeeded in obtaining gov-ernment scholarships etc.and who wish to be selected before com-

ing to Japan. In this case, applicants may enter the doctoral program

without entering the Kenkyusei program beforehand. Please con-

tact the Office of Department of Architecture for further details.

4-(h) 4-(h) Number of Acceptances The number of accepted non-Japanese students is generally limited

to one student per faculty member.

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5 5. FEES (2012 4

Fees charged are as follows (as of April 2012): Fees are subject to

change without notice.

6 6. LIVING AND STUDYING EXPENSES INJAPAN

40,000

70,000 70,000 100,000

Applicants are recommended to anticipate costs of 40,000 ~ 70,000

yen a month for housing and 70,000 ~ 100,000 yen for living in Ja-

pan. Additional study expenses should also be anticipated.

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7. SCHOLARSHIPS

Several types of scholarship and grants, governmental and private,

are available for those who are admitted to the masters or doctoral

program, but the number is limited. Hence, applicants are advised

to seek available financial source before leaving their own country.

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Applicants can also apply for a Japanese Government (Monbu-Ka-

gaku sho) Scholarship in their own country. Japanese diplomatic

missions abroad solicit applications for this scholarship (from June

to August) on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,

Science and Technology (Monbu-Kagaku sho). For further details,

the applicants are advised to inquire at the Japanese embassy or

consulate in their respective countries.

9,800 84,600 346,800

30,000 282,000 535,800

30,000 282,000 520,800

Program ApplicationCharge Admission Fee Annual Tuition

Kenkyusei

Program9,800 yen 84,600 yen 346,800 yen

Masters


Doctoral


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8 8. FACULTY MEMBERS AND FIELDS OFRESEARCH

Note: affiliations of the faculty members are abbreviated as

follows;

A: A: Graduate School of Engineering, Hongo Campus

113-8656 7-3-1 Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656

C: C: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Komaba Campus

153-8902 3-8-1 Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902

ERI: ERI: Earthquake Research Institute, Hongo Campus

113-0032 1-1-1 Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032

IIS: II IIS: Institute of Industrial Science

153-8505 4-6-1 Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505

RCAST: II

153-8904 4-6-1

RCAST: Research Center for Advanced Science

and Technology

Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904

8-(a) 8-(a) Building Structure, Building Material, BuildingSystem and Building Construction

(A) IYAMA, Jun Associate Professor (A)

Steel Structure, Corrosion Mechanics, Seismic Wave Analysis,

Fail-safe structural system

1)

1) Corrosion mechanics, durability, and elongation of life span

of steel structures.

2)

2) Structural system that can withstand in case of failure of the

elements. (Fail-safe structures)

3) -

3) Relationship between the time-frequency characteristics of

seismic wave and structural behaviors.

(ERI) KABEYASAWA, Toshimi Professor (ERI) Earthquake Engineering, Reinforced Concrete Structure

Research themes:

1)

1) Hyper earthquake resistant system - Fail-safe seismic

design against extreme motions

2) 2) Input loss of ground motions by local non-linearity at base

3)

3) Shake table test, collapse simulation and seismic

performance evaluation of reinforced concrete buildings

4)

4) Test and analysis on softening mechanism of reinforced

concrete members

5) 5) Development and verification for cost-effective seismic

strengthening methods

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(IIS) KAWAGUCHI, Kenichi Professor (IIS) Spatial Structure Engineering, Structural Engineering

Three-dimensional spatial structures have advantageous fea-

tures to conventional planar frame structures. Spatial structural

systems are usually highly efficient with lightweight and high

rigidity. Some of them are mechanically flexible or environ-mentally adaptable. The efficiency of the spatial structures is

usually due to their morphological nature. Current research

topics of the lab. are as follows:

Development of new lightweight structural systems,

Static and dynamic behavior of spatial structures,

Safety of the large enclosures,

Tension structures (Membrane or tensegrity structures,)

Adaptable/Deployable Structures,

Seismic performance and dynamic control of lightweight

structures,

Morphological aspects of structures and mechanical

behavior of plates and shells.

(A) KITAGAKI, Ryoma Assistant Professor(A) Building Materials Design Engineering and Building Materials Sci-

ence

1) Building Materials Design Engineering

In todays world, building materials are newly developed

every year and they have some new properties as their own

characteristics, which are introduced for creating various

architectural spaces. Building materials design engineering is

a discipline to arrange and optimize compositions of building

materials based on building material science for achieving

complex performances required in architectural spaces. It also

mitigates unintentional problems caused by compositional

complexity and misunderstandings of building materials.

Developing methodologies for creating innovative

architectural spaces considering building performance in

service (e.g. visual appearance, mechanical performance,

physiological usability, and durability) as well as building

performance in terms of lifecycle (e.g. maintainability,

decomposability and recyclability) are important concerns in

this engineering discipline.

2) Building Materials Science

Ubiquitous building materials are generally fabricated by

primitive production processes. We are now developing

innovative materials consisting of the same elementary

composition of classic building materials but enhancing

possibilities and diversities of architectural design through

reviewing the production processes of building materials

based on material science. For example, we are now

developing cementitious membranes, inorganic fibers, nano

capsule clusters, non-baking bricks and recyclable ceramics

which target introducing thin shape formation, surface

modification, and other brand-new functions into building

materials to create architectural space design through

innovative building materials.

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(A) KUWAMURA, Hitoshi Professor (A) Structural Engineering, Steel Structure, Welding Mechanics, Reli-

ability Analysis, New Material

Research on steel building structures is conducted in this lab-

oratory. In order to construct safe, functional, and economical

buildings, many remaining unknown relations between struc-tural performance and load input must be clarified in the all as-

pects of material, design, and fabrication.

Widely-selected research subjects, such as steel properties,

welding, buckling, fracture, frame collapse, system reliability,

seismic load, and wind force, are experimentally and analyti-

cally investigated in this laboratory.

(ERI) KOKETSU, Kazuki Professor (ERI) Earthquake Engineering, Strong Ground Motion Simulation

We perform theoretical and observational researches on strong

earthquake ground motion causing damage of structures. We

build design ground motions by constructing models of earth-

quake source and subsurface structure, and by carrying out

strong ground motion simulations. We also study the relation-

ship between damage of structures and characteristics of

strong ground motion, and seismic intensities as destructive

power indices of strong ground motions.

(IIS) KOSHIHARA, Mikio Professor (IIS) Wood Engineering, Building Construction

Recent themes of study are shown below

1)

1) A Study of Seismic Diagnosis and Reinforcement for

Existing Wooden Houses

2) 2) Middle-rise wooden buildings

3) 3) Traditional wooden buildings

4) 4) Wooden buildings in the East Asia

(A) SHIOHARA, Hitoshi Associate Professor (A) Reinforced Concrete Structure, Earthquake Response Analysis,

Earthquake Resistant Design

Broad area of research on reinforced concrete building struc-

tures and earthquake resistance of buildings; i.e., experimental

study on the behavior of reinforced concrete members to fail-

ure; experimental and analytical study on the evaluation of ul-

timate strength, deformability, restoring force-deformation

characteristics and hysteresis behavior of reinforced concrete

members; nonlinear earthquake response analysis of rein-

forced concrete building structures; earthquake resistant de-

sign of reinforced concrete buildings; analytical study on the

evaluation of dynamic characteristics of strong earthquakemotion; and earthquake damage investigation. New structural

design concepts based on performance based approach are in-

vestigated on several topics including, seismic retrofit and life-

cycle repair cost assessment.

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(A) TAKADA, Tsuyoshi Professor (A) Reliability engineering, earthquake engineering, structural design

methodology, computational stochastic mechanics, risk analysis

Structural reliability theory based on probability and statistics

is a key theory to assess variability of external loads, structural

response and structural performance. In my laboratory, thisnoble theory is fully utilized to aim at more rational structural

design method. In addition, development of special methods

which are capable of dealing with uncertain phenomena and

structural behavior, and application of probability theory to

broader engineering problems: risk analysis, cost-benefit anal-

ysis and etc. are of my major concern.

(IIS) NAKANO, Yoshiaki Professor (IIS)

Earthquake Engineering, Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Masonry

Buildings,

Seismic Capacity Evaluation and Retrofit, Tsunami, Urban

Disaster Mitigation

Seismic performance and of reinforced concrete and masonry

constructions

are mainly focused in the laboratory. For example.

Analytical study Earthquake response Analyses, Seismicevaluation of building structures.

Experimental study Seismic tests of complete structuresand structural members, Post-earthquake damage

assessment, Residual seismic capacity evaluations,

Earthquake response observation.

Tsunami load evaluation acting on building structures.

Field surveys on earthquake/or tsunami affected areas.

Anyone who is widely interested in seismic engineering is

warmly welcome!

(A) NOGUCHI, Takafumi Associate Professor (A) Building Materials, Fire Protection, Resource Recycling,

Maintenance

From the standpoint of "building materials", essential

components of architecture which consume great amount of

resources and energy, the laboratory conducts research works

on technological development and performance evaluation

which contributes to minimization of environmental impact,

longevity, optimization of maintenance, and enhancement of

fire protection in architecture. Recent research topics includes

1)

1) development of dismantling technologies for building

components and recycling technologies for building

materials, and proposal of optimum building materials flow

and environmental policies to obtain carbon neutral-type

complete recycling system in inorganic building materials

including concrete,2)

2) prediction methods for deterioration of building materials and

components and their effect on architectural performance,

and development of repair technologies for deteriorated

building materials and components, and

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3)

3) evaluation of fire protective performance of interior and

exterior facade consisting of organic building materials,

and development of fire propagation preventing

technologies for such facade.

(A) FUJITA, Kaori Associate Professor (A) Timber Structure, Traditional Building Construction

1)

1) Structural Performance Evaluation of Existing Timber

Structures by On-site Investigation and StructuralExperiments

2) 2) Damage to Timber Structures by Past Natural Disasters

3) 3) Earthquake Damage Investigation of Timber Structures:Methodology and Practice

4)

4) Investigation on the Structural Performance of Historic

Structures in Asia-Pacific Region

(IIS) YASHIRO, Tomonari Professor (IIS) Management of Project, Sustainable Construction

(

)

Building process is a set of project based economic activity

with invention driven by a variety of factors and agents where

knowledge, information and resources are combined almost

unexpectedly. The crisis of contemporary architecture comes

from poor control of projects' process of building under ever

changing turbulent environment.

The following current research topics are based on the

recognition of a need to establish strategic and continual

approach to integrate fragmented activities of what to buildand how to build.

1) 1) Sustainable Construction

2) MOP (Management of Project) MOT (Management

of Technology)

2) MOP (Management of Project) and MOT (Management of

Technology)

3)

3) Life cycle management as continuous customizing of

constructed facilities

4) 4) Construction industry as service provider

5)

5) Embodied tacit technical code in building products

6)

.

6) Decision making structure by temporal alliance of various

agents in construction projects under turbulent

environment.

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8-(b) 8-(b) Building and Built Environment

(IIS) OOKA, Ryuzo Professor (IIS) Building and urban environmental engineering, Sustainable engi-

neering

(1)

(2)

(3)

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The research field of the Ooka laboratory is to develop the pre-

diction, evaluation and control technique of the physical envi-

ronment of building and urban space. The physical

phenomenon to deal with, are air movement, heat transport,

substance transport, radiation, etc. The prediction and evalua-

tion technique consists of (1) the development of the engineer-

ing models describing the physical phenomena in human life

space, (2) the development of the system which predicts vari-

ous physical phenomena in building and urban space using

those models and the development of the evaluation system

which evaluate the influence of those predicted results on hu-

man, urban and global environment, etc. The optimum designof the environmental control technique is attained by this pre-

diction/evaluation system.

1)

2) 3)

4)

5)

6)

Main research themes are 1) the prediction and control of ur-

ban heat island phenomenon, 2) the elucidation of the energy

metabolism and the substance metabolism in urban space, 3)

the optimum design of outdoor thermal environment, 4) the

management of the natural and the unused energy in building

and urban space, 5) the energy-saving system of building and

city, and 6) the design and evaluation of sustainable building

using the traditional building design technique, etc.

(IIS) KATO, Shinsuke Professor (IIS) Building Environmental Engineering

The major field of the Kato Laboratory is environmental con-

trol engineering for building and urban technology based on

both experimental techniques and numerical simulation meth-

ods. Methods for predicting and controlling physical proper-

ties such as air flow, heat and pollutant diffusion and lighting

through urban regions, around building complexes, and within

rooms are studied. Methods for controlling the physical envi-

ronment of humans are studied from the view point of safety

in disasters like fire and also from the view point of health andcomfort in daily life.

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CFD

Recent Research Topics: In recent years, prediction methods

using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) based on mathe-

matical models of turbulent flow have been developed. CFD

technique is a very promising method for use in the building

and urban technology and it fills the gap between experimental

and theoretical methods. Using this CFD technique the cou-

pled simulation of flow, radiation, and conduction phenomena

concerned with the building thermal environment has been

also developed. The results of these analyses of the physical

environments have been used for the practical designs of vari-

ous new type buildings.

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(IIS) SAKAMOTO, Shinichi Associate Professor (IIS) Applied Acoustic Engineering (Architectural Acoustics and Noise

Control)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Our laboratory makes researches on environmental acoustics,

which is one of the important environmental factors for build-

ings and urban areas. The research fields; the architectural

acoustics and the noise control engineering.

Main research topics are (1) design and evaluation of room

acoustics, (2) development of sound absorption and insulation

systems for the architectural acoustics, and (3) measurement

and prediction method of enviromental noise mainly focusing

on road traffic noise and (4) noise assessment method, for the

noise control engineering. In addition , wave-based numerical

analysis, signal-processing-aided acoustical measurement

method with high accuracy and three dimensional sound field

reproduction techniques are being developed, and they are ef-

ficiently applied when conducting the researches mentionedabove.

(A) HIRATE, Kotaroh Professor (A) Architectural Lighting and Visual Environment, Architectural En-

vironmental Psychology, Planning of Architectural and Urban En-

vironment

In our laboratory, we progress studies with the aim of explain-

ing relations between human being as a starting point and ar-

chitectural space/environment. In other words, we deal with

research objects of wide range scale from indoor space to ur-

ban/natural environment, with using the technique that struc-

turalize/model the relations between human evaluation/

behavior and physical environmental stimulus/residential en-

vironmental information. The concrete contents are as follows.

(1)

(1) Research on Architectural Lighting and Visual Environ-

ment: We analyze environmental components such as lighting,

sunshine, and color, through psychological experiment and

simulation, from the viewpoint of environmental physics.

(2

(2) Architectural Environmental Psychology: We deal with

problems of architectural/urban environment, through social

investigation and field survey, from the multiple/synthetic

viewpoint including human behavior/life.

(3)

(3) Research on Planning of Architectural and Urban Environ-

ment: We carry out practical research concerned with planning

of house/welfare facilities/office, and community/district

planning, based on the technique of the beginning. You may

study by narrowing the subject like landscape, disaster protec-

tion, and environmental symbiosis, except for the synthetic

viewpoint.

(4)

(4) Development of Method of Supporting Design: We sys-

tematize a series of techniques, and develop the methods that

support design of architectural/urban environment, for exam-

ple, synthetic evaluation technique, agreement formation tech-

nique, and so on.

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(A) MAE, Masayuki Associate Professor (A) Environmental Control Engineering, Energy System

Our main theme is "Architectural Environmental Energy Plan-

ning". For the promotion of energy conservation in architec-

tural field, we survey the actual energy consumption in housesand office buildings, evaluate existing and newly developed

energy saving technology. Detailed survey in existing build-

ings, controlled experiment in artificial environment room,

and computer simulation of energy system performance will

be used. We especially put emphasis on getting practical use-

ful results to make them effective for actual evaluation and en-

ergy policy making.

8-(c) 8-(c) Architectural Planning, Design and History ofArchitecture

(A) ITO, Takeshi Professor (A) Urban and Architectural History

We study mainly on the history of Japanese city and architec-

ture. Using the written documents, old maps and paintings, we

clarify the historical formation and landscape of Japanese cit-

ies which has existed since the ancient era to now. We alsohave been interested in living cities. We make field surveys of

traditional old cities and try to propose how to preserve or re-

new them for future.

We think the history of architecture must be rewritten from an

urban point of view. In this sense, various sorts of architecture

may not be divided and enclosed into each category, but they

all can be grasped as the elements of the urban context. Such

kinds of studies are also our important theme.

(IIS) IMAI, Kotaro Associate Professor(IIS) Architectural Planning and Design, Urban Analysis

Our main concern is in the correlation between urban /archi-

tectural space and human activities. Recent themes of study

are as follows.

Methodology of urban analysis and estimation using thetheory of computational geometry

Designing spatial systems of architecture

Methodology of architectural design

Study of materials for improving architectural and amenity

space.

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(IIS) OTA Hiroshi Assistant Professor (IIS) Architecture for Urban Regeneration

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Research objectives of the laboratory are about the process of

urban regeneration in the cities of Japan and abroad. Attention

is especially paid to architecture, how its spatial/cultural char-

acteristics are assessed, and how it is related with public space

and public art. The current topics of research are as follows;

1. 1. Architecture in the urban spatial context

2. 2. Public space network to re-organize urban structure

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3. Comparative analysis of world small cities

4. 4. Public art and citizen involvement.

(A) OTSUKI, Toshio Associate Professor (A) Architectural Planning, Housing and Town Planning

Designing architecture or towns is an activity to build up envi-

ronment supporting different human lives which have many

contradictions in themselves. In order to find out bases of this

design, we are trying to investigate the theory how people uti-

lize their surrounding built environment.

Considering Japanese background of aged society with declin-

ing birth rate and declining economy, although conventional

architectural studies tend to stress on building new environ-

ment, it is getting more important to think how to maintain,conserve or change existing built environment. Thus, we are

addressing how to inherit and change the housing stocks.

(A) KATO, Koichi Associate Professor (A) History of Western Architecture

This laboratory studies mainly on the history of westernarchitecture from the Ancient to the Modern. Based on

primary sources and architectural remains, we focus on the

history of style, theory, design, space, technology

considering the regional and historical influences.

As the research on conservation of historical architecture,

we examine the techniques and methods of conservation

and focus on its present-day significance.

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(C) KATO, Michio Professor (C) Architectural Composition Theory

Members of this study unit deal with various design methods

of architects. To determine on what theories architectural de-

sign is based, various design theories such as proportion theo-

ries and composition theories should be observed and the

design process should be clarified by analyzing actual draw-

ings used by architects past and present.

Katoh himself has been interested in the special composition

of 19 - 20th century in Europe. Thus his published works deal

with the design system of Le Corbusier, Durands composition

theory, etc.

(IIS) KAWAZOE, Yoshiyuki Assistant Professor(IIS) Architectural Design and Theory for Scenery

We think over what architecture can achieve?, and try to find

its answer through practical architectural projects. Deep un-

derstanding of culture (art, history, language,,,), and technical

knowledge of engineering (structure, environment, material).

Both of them are essential. Architectural Design must create

the scenery for people returning back.

1) 1. Design for Society

2) 2. Architecture creating Japanese scenery

3) 3. Modern Translation of Rationalities in TraditionalArchitecture and Village

4) 4. Actual Projects for Architecture and CommunityDevelopment

(A) KUMA, Kengo Professor (A) Architectural Design, Urban Design

This laboratory does research on technical skills of design with

a cross-genre, cross-methodological approach.

Genre

1) Comprehensive study on the designs for cities, architecture,

landscape, community and products.

Approach

2) Transverse study on sustainable, physical and information

design.

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(A) CHIBA, Manabu Associate Professor (A) Architecture and Urban Design

The main emphasis of this studio is to grasp architecture in the

context of urban space, and use this for the basis for construct-

ing both a new design theory and practical architectural proj-

ects.

Recently, we have been developing means of analyzing the

city in terms of void space, density, and landscape design, etc.

Our focus is on putting the viewpoints derived from theoretical

constructs and physical experiments into use in actual projects.

(A) NISHIDE, Kazuhiko Professor (A) Architectural Planning and Design

Nishide Laboratory is investigating the nature of human be-

havior and spatial perception in environments through experi-

ments and field observations. The aim is to provide insight into

human psychology and behaviour for environmental design

and to humanize built environments. Contexts include person-

al spaces, rooms within houses, sickrooms, and offices and

other public spaces, sense of volume, and the effects on per-

sonal space were examined; what the scale and form of the

build environment should be is being considered.

(A) FUJII, Keisuke Professor (A) Architectual history of Japan and Asia.Architectual Conservation.

Mainly, the object of our laboratory is the historical study of

Japanese traditional architecture, and secondary, the compara-

tive studies on Chinese, Korean and Islamic historical archi-

tecture with those of Japanese. Recent research themes are as

follows;

(1)

(1) The design and technique of traditional architecture of

wood.

(2)

(2) The development of architectural planning of various kinds

of traditional architecture, and its organic relation to the

social conditions.

(3) (3) Conservation of wooden architecture.

(4) (4) Conservation planning of historical towns consisted ofvarious architecture.

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(IIS) MURAMATSU, Shin Professor (IIS) Asian Architectural and Urban History, Urban Historic Environ-

ment Studies

Rapid urbanization and development of Asian region through

the modern times affected its cities greatly and put urban life

under constant transformation and modification. Through the

studies on architecture and urban history, Muramatsu Labora-

tory is examining the role of historical architectural heritage

for modern urban environment. We regard architecture as one

of the elements of a complex system of urban life and encour-

aged to an interdisciplinary recognition of urban history

through research projects and seminars. Field-work surveys,

which are integral part of our work and often conducted in col-

laboration with international teams, are amplified with theoret-

ical discussions on urban development and heritage

preservation. We are hoping to impart the results of our sur-

veys and theoretical studies to society and modern urban prac-

tices.The following are our current research themes:

1.Project on Cities and Civilization includes research on archi-

tectural and urban history in the cities of Jakarta (Indonesia),

Samarkand and Bukhara (Uzbekistan), Ulaanbaatar (Mongo-

lia), Melaka (Malaysia), Teheran (Iran), and others. This proj-

ect includes studies on urban heritage in post-Colonial

countries and architectural history of cities during the period of

Cold War.

2.Project on Comprehensive Database on Urban Historic En-

vironment Heritage is based on field-work surveys in the coun-

tries of Southeast Asia. Using oral history methods and filming

we collect detail information on local residential and industrial

urban environment heritage.

3.Project on Revitalization of Architectural Heritage in Indus-

trial Zones includes research on industrial zones of Tokyo-Yo-

kohama Bay area (Keihin industrial zone) in Japan, Bhopal in

India, and Shanghai in China.

4.Community-Collaboration Project is based on an Urban Dis-

covery program for school-children that our students lead in

Uehara Elementary School (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo).

2010 2014

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(C) YOKOYAMA, Yurika Associate Professor (C) - Architectural Planning Research, Human-environment Studies,

Design Studies

The major concern of our research is human behavior and psy-

chology in built environment, and we intend to contribute to

planning and design of built environment with evidence based

proposals. In our research, we focus on people diversity, and

inquire into the issues of enabling people through environ-

ment. The research includes, for example; a study of legible

environment for the elderly with dementia, in which we inves-

tigate physical environment that causes residents' cognitive /

behavioral errors in some residential facilities for the elderly

with dementia; a study of layout or settings that enhance natu-

ral communication and creative decision making with neigh-

bors within a workplace or a residential district; and so on. We

also tackle the creativity issues in design of built environment

by measuring and examining cognitive processes in people's

design thinking.

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Appendix: Faculty members of the Depart-ment of Socio-Cultural EnvironmentalStudies, Graduate School of Frontier Sci-ences

1999 4

The faculty members in the following moved from the Departmentof Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering to the new insiti-

tute; Graduate School of Frontier Science, which was founded on

April 1, 1999.

Those students who plan to study under guidance of those faculty

members should apply to the program offered by the Department of

Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier

Sciences.

http://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/renewal-e/sidebar/exam-e.html,

04-7136-4009

Please inquire detailed information to one of the faculty members

or the school Affairs Section of the Department of Socio-Cultural

Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. Visit

our website about the admission into the http://www.k.u-to-

kyo.ac.jp/renewal-e/sidebar/exam-e.html, (phone: +81-4-7136-

4009 )

OHNO, Hidetoshi Professor Architectural Design and Urban Desiging

Our field of study lies on the boundary of architectural and is

covering both of them.

1. 1. Architecture and city in a shrinking society

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It seems the obligation for the experts in practicing in Japan

which is to face the shrinkage brought by the decrease of pop-

ulation, environmental problem and collapse of the excessive

consumption in the 21st century, to turn the shrinkage into the

opportunity of creating a new value and vitalizing it. Relevant

research topics are suburb, elderly people, retail facilities, va-

cant space and transportation..

2. 2. Space notion in Japan

The significance of inheritance and evolution of our own cul-ture seems increasing in the age of globalization. Relevant re-

search topics are urbanscape, modernism, space territoriality,

semantics in the hyousou.

3. 3. Opening

We are investigating the potentiality of opening as an alterna-

tive architectural design paradigm which should be replaced

with the modern design idea of inventing new profile of the ar-

chitecture.

These research issues will offer the theoretical foundations for

building a sustainable society. We have tried and trying to in-

tegrate these research works in design projects.

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SAKUMA, Tetsuya Associate Professor Environmental and Architectural Acoustics, Noise Control Engi-

neering

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The laboratory is engaged in research works in the field of en-

vironmental and architectural acoustics: e.g. researches on

analysis, prediction, evaluation and control of sound fields in

indoor and outdoor spaces, and on clarification of characteris-

tics of acoustic materials and structures, development and uti-

lization of them, by means of theory, computation and

experiment. As the evolution of computational acoustics in

this research field, methods for predicting vibro-acoustic cou-

pled systems and development of acoustic designing system

are mainly being studied.

SEIKE, Tsuyoshi Associate Professor Environmental Management Engineering for Architecture, Build-

ing Construction

My research activities mainly focus on the environmental esti-

mation of architecture through its development: construction,

improvement, conservation and destruction process. Recent

themes of study are shown below.

1) 1) Studies on environmental influence of buildingconstruction

2) 2) Estimation of architectural technology on the view point ofenvironment

3) 3) Studies on improvement and conservation of architecture