University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, Hashimoto Laboratory
We conduct research on ``architectural and urban environmental design that is in harmony with the natural environment.''
The Rose Festival is being held at Ibaraki Prefecture Flower Park.
We heard that the works of Mr. Ito, Mr. Urakawa, and Mr. Mizuhata from the laboratory were on display, so we all went there.
The work on display is a diorama-style potted miniature rose.
On the way back, I studied at Kanbayashi Sawmill, a company that handles local timber from the foothills of Mt. Tsukuba.
After returning to university, I held a laboratory seminar as usual.
Thank you for your work, everyone.
Today, there was an interim presentation for the "Thursday Seminar".
The progress since last time is...
Mr. Urakawa conducted a literature survey and organized the history of flood damage in the study area.
Mr. Mizuhata researched the literature and compiled an overview of the mandarin orange hut.
Field surveys are scheduled to begin at the end of May.
I'm glad that the students in other laboratories seem to be progressing smoothly as well.
Some people have already started on-site research.
There were no students who had significantly changed their theme from their previous presentation.
Last weekend, I went to Waseda University to attend the executive meeting of the Japanese Society of Biometeorology.
The venue for the executive committee meeting is the 11th floor of Okuma Memorial Tower.
Before the executive committee meeting, we had a research meeting with Professor Watanabe of Daido University and Professor Ishii of Meijo University, and arranged the schedule for the summer survey.
In the class, we had the task of expressing ``Japanese traditional folk houses'' in pictures.
When I thought of traditional Japanese houses, I thought people would mainly imagine thatched-roofed farmhouses or townhouses in places like Kyoto, but...
Looking at the pictures all over the walls, I noticed that there were quite a few farmhouses with tiled roofs.
Among them is a two-story tile-roofed house with a central hallway (it received a fair amount of votes in a student vote).
There seemed to be many elements such as tiled or thatched pitched roofs, hearths, tatami mats, and verandas.
Overall, I felt that there was a considerable difference between the ``traditional Japanese house'' that students today imagine and the ``traditional Japanese house'' that I think of.
Is it okay to understand this as a generation gap?
Golden Week is over, and Reiwa classes have finally begun.
Today, Hashimoto's first class for Reiwa was on architectural equipment planning.
We had a group discussion based on the report, and everyone thought about the relationship between SDGs, architectural design, and building equipment.
I think I was able to realize once again the magnitude and importance of the role that architectural design and building facilities should play in achieving sustainable development.
