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Department of Architecture* nonmember
Future Housing and Sustainable City; Concept and Perspective, Hiroyuki Takai: Proceeding ofMultilateral Conference in Korea “Sustainable Future for Better Living Environment” (in Soeul),
pp.89-104, 2003

The present paper deals with understanding for “sustainable” in the field of Architectural andUrban Planning in Japan, the previous studies for sustainable or long-life buildings in Japan, and thecriteria for housing and city of the future. “Previous studies” mentioned in this paper refer to 3 studies inJapan. The 1st is on the secular change of infill of units by researches of 20 years old condominiums
designed with Skeleton-Infill Housing System. The 2nd is on the secular change of common spaces andfacilities for residents by researches of other 20 years old condominiums. The last is on the actual
conditions of the conversion by a research of buildings changed building usage for the last 15 years

Japanese Efforts to Maintain Ecological Living in Modern Apartment [in Korean], Hiroyuki Takai:
Proceeding of the 2003 International Symposium on Hard & Soft Shell for Ecological Living (in Soeul),
pp.182-199, 2003

The present paper deals with the outline of Japanese efforts in planning and technologies inmodern apartment house. Concretely, "Environmentally Harmonious Housing", high-rise apartment
houses, and their common spaces and facilities.

Idea and Form Evoked Through Reality ; Existence of the Architectural Works of Hisao KOHYAMA [inJapanese], Yoshito TOMIOKA : Appeared in the book entitled "The Trail of Modernism 2" edited byMitsuru SENDA, INAX Publishing Co.,Ltd., Apr. 2003

This book is the one which dealt with a grand trail of Japanese modern to contemporary
architects and their works. The article, authored by Tomioka, dedicated to the works of Hisao Kohyama(1937-), which ranged from many university buildings to a weekend house in wooden structure. Quoting
the famous discussion of "Verlust der Mitte" by Hans Sedlmyer, 1949, Kohyama's roles in retrieving
humanity from / to the grand movement of Modernism was discussed. The article was an concluding oneof the series.

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Historic Cities and Villages in Mie, Satoshi Asano: “Japanese Historic Cities and Villages Volume 1-Kinki, Tokai and Hokuriku Region”[in Japanese], Heibonsha Publishers Ltd., pp.104-117, 167, 2003
The purpose of these books of this series is to introduce the present conditions of historiccities and villages in all parts of Japan. The Volume 1 shows historic environments of Kinki, Tokai andHokuriku region with many photographs. I explain the characteristics of a historic landscape of SekiTown, Ise City, Matsusaka City, Ueno City, Mikumo Town in Mie Prefecture.

Chapter 4

Machizukuri Secrets, Satoshi ASANO: “Machizukuri Secrets of Kuwana-Style”[inJapanese], Chunichi Publishing, pp.58-59, 65-75, 2003

The purpose of this book is to explain intelligibly the machizukuri of Kuwana City. This bookshows the living culture, history of city formation, civic wisdom and power to build the city, andparticipation methods to city planning. In Chapter 4, I explain the building history of Kuwana City, andcomment on the wisdom and power of people in each times to plan the city.

Review on Establishment of Design and Practical Method of Porous Concrete [in Japanese], Motoharu
TAMAI*, Hiroyuki MIZUGUCHI*, Shigemitsu HATANAKA, Hiroshi KATAHIRA*, Minoru
KUNIEDA*, Takao NAKAZAWA*, Kunio YANAGIBASHI: Proceedings of the Japan Concrete
Institute, Vol.25, No.1, pp.13-22, 2003.7

Porous concrete (no-fines concrete) has been developed as an environmentally friendlymaterial.

In Japan, it has been widely used in various applications.

Japan Concrete Instituteestablished “Technical Committee on Establishment of Design and Practical Method of PorousConcrete”. The present paper deals with the state of the art of the porous concrete and activities of thecommittee, spotlighting the material design concepts, fabrication process technology, construction
methods of the porous concrete. Also, it is introduced that new type of applications are being ininvestigation for the reduction of environmental impacts and the bio-adoptability.

Testing methods fordurability of the porous concrete are also introduced.

Technical Notes "Optimization for Architectural Systems 2 --- Optimal Allocation" [in Japanese], Naoki
KATO*, Toyofumi TAKADA: Journal of Architecture and Building Science, Vol.118, No.1510,
pp.54-55，2003

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In architectural field, there are many allocation problems, such as allocation of public
facilities or commercial buildings for city planning and allocation of earthquake resisting elements forstructural design. This technical note introduces two typical allocation problems; a floor layout problem
in architectural design and a shear wall allocation problem in structural design. Both the genetic
algorithm and a concept of "sequence-pair" are applied in order to obtain the optimal floor layout. On
the other hand, the branch-and-bound method is used to search for the optimal allocation of shear wall ina multi-storied RC building.