August 2018 – University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, Hashimoto Laboratory

Light environment measurement exercise presentation

Today's Architectural Environment Planning Theory was a presentation of the results of a light environment measurement exercise.

Each group presented very interesting survey results targeting libraries, commercial facilities, classrooms, etc.

There were also student-like perspectives, such as measuring the visual environment of smartphones.

I hope that they will utilize what they have actually experienced and thought about in their design exercises.

A group of second-year art students presented the results of a survey conducted at a large commercial facility in Tsukuba City.

They requested the survey themselves in advance and received cooperation from three tenants.

He discussed the differences in illuminance and chromaticity depending on the tenant.

A group of 2nd year art students.He gave a presentation on the results of a survey conducted at commercial facilities.

A group of third-year art students presented the results of their research at the University of Tsukuba's Physical Arts Library.

In addition to conducting a lighting survey, they also spoke to library staff and provided them with materials.

A group of 3rd year art students.He discussed the results of measurements taken at various locations in the library, including the relationship with psychological quantities.

The group, which was mainly made up of students from the science and engineering group, seemed to be creative and engaged in the exercises under limited conditions, such as conducting experiments.

57th Japanese Society of Biometeorology Conference (Kyoto) Part XNUMX

On October 10th and 27th, we participated in the 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biometeorology (Kyoto).

The venue is Kyoto Prefectural University Inamori Memorial Hall.

In the morning of the first day, there was a ``Young Presentation Contest''.

Surprisingly, Kurihara-kun, a graduate student in our laboratory, won the "Excellent Presentation Award"!

It is gratifying to see the achievements of our students being recognized.

Commemorative photo taken with the chairman, Professor Nagano of Kyoto Prefectural University, and all the award recipients (Kurihara-kun is on the far right).

Kurihara-kun received encouragement and advice from many people.

In order to meet everyone's expectations, the next step is to compile the research results into a peer-reviewed paper.Let's do our best!

There were some familiar faces at the social gathering.

Matsukawa-kun, a laboratory alumnus, came to visit us.

Matsukawa-kun is studying music at Kyoto City University of Arts with the aim of becoming a conductor.

It's also great to meet alumni and alumni who are working hard.

I hope that he will explore the new field of "music x environment/architecture" and be active in the future!keep it up!

A commemorative photo taken with Matsukawa-kun (second from the left) and everyone in the lab.

Light environment measurement exercise

The course I am mainly teaching in the fall semester is "Architectural Environment Planning Theory."

Today we practiced measuring the light environment (illuminance).

So, what kind of results did we get?

I'm looking forward to next week's announcement.

Paper publication

Our laboratory's paper was published in "Journal of the Japanese Biometeorological Society, Vol. 55, No. 2".

The title is ``The influence of continuous mansion forests on the formation of village climate during the summer daytime''.

This is a study of the mansion forest of Horashita Village, a series of villages located on the west side of Mt. Tsukuba in the northern part of Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

We are clarifying the effectiveness of the continuous mansion forest in alleviating the summer heat environment.

We have empirically demonstrated that Yashiki-mori reduces daytime temperatures in summer.

This effect contributes to energy savings even in modern lifestyles where air conditioning is used to keep people cool.

In this way, by studying the thermal environment methods of traditional private houses and villages, we can gain insight into modern architectural and urban design methods that are in harmony with the natural environment.

Living in traditional houses and villages includes not only simple "energy saving" methods, but also hints and specifics for reconsidering the richness of environmental experience that modern living is losing, and the way we interact with the natural environment. We believe that we have accumulated a wealth of knowledge.

A village is hidden on the other side of a forest of consecutive mansions.Mount Tsukuba can be seen in the distance.Tsukuba City is also famous for its turf production.

There are many traditional buildings within the village.

Typhoon passing

Today was a picture-perfect typhoon.

Last night, strong winds from Typhoon No. 24 blew in Ibaraki as well.

When I arrived at the University of Tsukuba more than 10 years ago, strong typhoons rarely hit Tsukuba City, but recently it seems like we are being hit by strong typhoons almost every year.

Is it the effects of climate change and global warming?

The branches of the tree in front of the building where the laboratory is located were completely broken.

One of the reasons why the Yashiki-mori is cut down is that ``branches (trees) started to break during strong winds.We cut down the Yashiki-mori because we didn't want the broken branches (trees) to cause trouble to the neighbors.'' I will listen to the story.