Area Management and Architectural Design Studio

Course title

5M997200

,9M407000

	SAWADA Hideyuki
	SAKUYAMA Yasushi
	SUZUKI Shunji
	YAMAZAKI Kazuya

Course content

　　This course deals with the study for a solution in relations of architecture and the area, with finding out about the underlying problem there by surveying and analyzing multilaterally in the natural and social environment and various information within the town. It also indicates the design methodology such as a planning, territorial design, architectural design, renovation, conversion, and landscape design, which have a viewpoint with the Area Management to revitalize the area, within the town center of the metropolitan area suburbs.
　　This class is an exercise of the design studio form by plural teachers.
　　The Subject related to “Center of Community Project” and the internship.

Purpose of class

　　The aim of this course is to help students acquire the practical methodology of plan, scheme, and design for the Area Management based on the analysis of numerical and cultural information. It also enhances the development of students’ skills such as process, method, and technique needed to realize the architectural and territorial design, in order to enhance people’s life and activities of the target community.

Goals and objectives

Make a process of “Problem-finding and Problem-solving” that lead to the definite design proposal, with synthesizing and analyzing the information obtained by survey in the field and research documents, institutions concerned.
Take a practical and effective presentation, and also respond properly so as to collaborate with the public administration and local residents in an efficient manner.
Recognize the impossibility of “Consensus formation” within the team and “Accountability” to the person concerned, through practicing of the group work.
Make a proposal such as a planning, territorial design, architectural design, renovation, conversion, and landscape design, which have a viewpoint with the Area Management to revitalize the area.

Language

Japanese

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1．	Guidance: Explanation for the exercise and the basic knowledge of “Pr3D modelingoblem-finding and Problem-solving”	Read and understand the contents of practice in the class of the previous year	180minutes
2．	First stage: Survey, Analysis, and Policy development Survey and gather information within the target area and site	Make a selection the target area and site, and conduct a feasibility study	360minutes
3．	Presentation: The direction and theme of a planning, schematic design for Problem-solving	Understand and reconsider the points instructed in the previous class, offer a new proposal	360minutes
4．	Second stage: Plan and Design proposal Presentation: Making a selection of the target area and site on the basis of direction and theme for the town planning	Understand and reconsider the points instructed in the previous class, and represent a 3D modeling	360minutes
5．	Esquisse and discussion 1: Study from the both sides of hardware (such as traffics, roads, and buildings) and software (such as law, function, cost, user, operation and maintenance)	Understand and reconsider the points instructed in the previous class, and represent a 3D modeling	480minutes
6．	Esquisse and discussion 2: Validation and Verification of the design contents	Understand and reconsider the points instructed in the previous class, and represent a 3D modeling	480minutes
7．	Final review: Making a presentation of the plan to the local residents	Complete the design proposal document, and prepare the presentation	540minutes
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Total.	-	-	2760minutes

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	Esquisse and discussion	Design proposal document	Presentation and Review	Total.
1.	15%	10%		25%
2.		10%	20%	30%
3.	5%	10%		15%
4.		30%		30%
Total.	20%	60%	20%	-

Evaluation method and criteria

Your overall grade will be based on the following ratio:
- The outcomes of understanding, surveying, and analyzing into the practical exercise: 30%,
- The design contents and representational skills: 70%.
To pass, students must earn at least 60 points out of 100 by submitting all the above-mentioned performances on time.

Textbooks and reference materials

Reference documents: previous project works, reports, case-studies, and various documents and data for investigation related to town planning in SAWADALAB.’s HP (http://www.sawadalab.se.shibaura-it.ac.jp/)

Prerequisites

Investigate the cases and documents of community-type facilities and town planning in advance.

Office hours and How to contact professors for questions

Every Monday: 12:45-13:00, or email each teacher.
If you will need a face-to-face meeting, you should make an appointment with each teacher by e-mail.

Regionally-oriented

Regional Cooperation PBL

Development of social and professional independence

Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills

Active-learning course

Most classes are interactive

Course by professor with work experience

Work experience	Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
Applicable	Faculty members teach the mindsets, design approaches, environmental creation technologies, and interdisciplinary problem solving methods toward the architecture and town planning for solving regional and social issues using the experiences engaged in architectural design, urban environmental design.

Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals