Behavior and Architectural Design Theory

Numbering Code U-ENG24 34053 LJ74 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Tue.4
Instructor name MAKI NORIO (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This course gives the basic knowledge of architecture and space design from the view pont of the relation between man and behavior. The topics on scientific methods of man-environment studies are explained. Natural disaster will be highlighted in this lecture. Various design practices based on these principles, such as housing after natural disaster, disaster and build environments, design for disaster reduction, and design for safer communities will be discussed.
Course Goals To understand the architectural and urban spaces from the viewpoint of relation with disaster.
Schedule and Contents Various Concepts on Human behavior and Environment,2times,Man perceives environment based on diverse information such as form, color, movement, sound, and fragrance, acts in environment, reads environment as the significant world, and memorizes the place and landscape of environment. We explain such mechanism on perception, behavior, cognition, and memory in Man-Environment relations. Moreover we refer to the fundamental characteristics of human behavior including concept of identity and orientation, roundabout route, excursion characteristics, prospect and refuge, ordinary and extra-ordinary behavior.
disaster and environmental transition,3times,Basic understanding about disaster and build environment will be discussed. And the relationship among disaster, man, and environment will be explained based on environmantal transition after disaster.
Disaster and Cities,3times,Impact of disaster to cities will be discussed from the view point of behavior and man-environment desgin.
Architcture desgin for disaster,2times,Design of public facilites to respond disaster will be discussed from the view point of man-environment design.
CEPTED,2times,Desgin for crime prevention will be explained based on CEPTED (Crime Prevention through Environment Design).
Design for Disaster Risk Reduction,2times,Design scheme for Disaster risk reduction will be explained based on Affordance, and risk communication.
Confirmation of the learning degree,1time,Summary of the lecture and evaluation of the learning degree
FeedBack, 1time.
Evaluation Methods and Policy by term-end examination
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Read the newspaper article on disaster
Textbooks Textbooks/References using handout prints and slides
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