This lecture shows practical examples reffering the techniques and results of comfort evaluation researches, especially, focusing on a variety of users who lives in the cities.
-To understand the characteristics of a variety of users who use the city.
-To understand the changes in social situation today and in the near future, and the problem that urban and architectural space facing.
-To learn how to think the agenda-setting in line with social conditions.
-To understand about the nature of problem-solving techniques in urban and architectural space.
Environmental psychology, Environment Behavior Study, PDCA, Urban space, Architectural space, Usability, Safety, Comfort
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
The lectures will proceed while introducing the examples that are working actually in the business. Setting the reason why such business has been required as a starting point, the students will learn exploration methods for causes of the problems, and learn how to consturct solving methods.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Architectural design for safety for people's dairy life. | Time series variation of daily accident, The pattern of the accident, Compatibility of design and safety |
Class 2 | Comfort-enhancing technique for functioning space like the toilet. | Understanding users needs, Behavioral changes due to the space design, PDCA |
Class 3 | Structure of urban dwellers' evaluation | To grasp technique of residents consciousness, and value axis of the city residence |
Class 4 | Relationship between changes of social conditions and residential requirements | Household population changes in Japan, Fragmentation of living needs, Way of living survey |
Class 5 | Social conditions and consciousness surrounding the child-rearing generation | Work-life balance, M-shaped curve, Housework and childcare time |
Class 6 | Comfort of the space for parents and children. | Park, Playground equipment, Nursing room |
Class 7 | In order to have more fun with the city (Entrepreneurship Theory) | The action shift by providing information, Entrepreneurship for social problem solving |
Class 8 | Thinking about the contact point among researches, occupations, and society | Mini thesis or group discussion |
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The degree of understandi g would be evaluated by final report..
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