About laboratory
We have carried out our research aimed at the planning methods to design architecture, urban facilities and social system with considering human being. Our research key word “ergonomics” means not only human behaviors but also humans’ evaluations and feelings, relationship between humans and so on. Our survey targets’ building types are various, such as residential area, house, community facility, office, public urban space and so on.
The research topics we mainly cope currently is as below;
1. Housing Management and Distribution, Social Capital, and Housing Information
These include research on the facilitation of housing management and distribution, the security of residents and supporting entities such as building-related businesses, NPOs, and communities, as well as housing information that supports the selection and management of housing.
2. Suburban Revitalization, Child-rearing Living Environment, Resident Transition, and Choice of Residence
These include research on the revitalization and reorganization of aging suburban residential areas, the formation of living environments suitable for new child-rearing generations due to generational changes, and research on changes in residents of suburban residential areas and factors affecting their choice of residents residential areas.
3. Low-density Urbanization, Compact City, Conurbation and Wider Region Planning
These are studies on low-density areas, the factors that cause them, the conversion of cities to a scale suitable for the population and people's lives, and the coordination between multiple regions within the same urban area.
For those who want to enter the laboratory as a master student from oversea
Even though you successfully obtain the master degree at Osaka University, few of you can get a job at Japanese enterprises. We hope you’ll plan to proceed the doctoral course to be a researcher in your mother country.
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