Ken Futa

Japan's declining birthrate and aging population is progressing rapidly, and is one of the fastest growing in the world.Architectural ergonomics is highly important, and its trends are attracting attention around the world.
In the laboratory, students learn about the difficulties of things they are not normally aware of through barrier-free surveys in the city, and develop their ability to present their results and solve problems through design and experimentation.For the experiment, we will use the Universal Design Experimental Building (BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, National Research and Development Corporation), which we were involved in maintaining.
In addition, we will make full use of the cooperative graduate school system to promote industry-government-academia projects for social implementation, including collaboration with other fields, and conduct research to obtain knowledge that can serve as legal basis for proposals for barrier-free related measures. Masu.
Especially recently, I have become aware of the importance of ``barrier-free access during disasters,'' such as evacuation methods for the elderly and people with disabilities in the event of a disaster, and conversely, the ideal form of housing for people to stand by without evacuating.In the past, we have also developed evacuation support equipment.I feel that a university organization is a place where it is easy to put these designs and research into practice.