Designing Buildings with Human Health, Welfare & Safety Priority by Stephen Tanno (SCHUECO) Thursday, April 22, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00 is a TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Mr. Stephen Tanno, Director of Pre-Construction Services of Scheco International will talk about the theme of “Health, Welfare & Safety” encompassing sustainable, low-carbon, low-energy design and passive environmental […]

Human Wellness: Pandemic and Beyond Wellness Design to Build Environment by Luke Leung (SOM) Monday, April 26, 2021 @00:00 JST SUMMARY: In 2019, United Nation World Health Organization (WHO) categorized health threats that can derail humans and a pandemic was number 3 on the list.  When COVID-19 hit us in early 2020, we saw it […]

Learning from Japanese traditional villages: Reflecting ecological knowledge on architecture utilizing simulation by Norihisa KAWASHIMA (Meiji University) Monday, April 26, 2021 @19:00 JST SUMMARY: Norihisa Kawashima will show researches and local practices in Japan to learn ecological knowledge from traditional Japanese villages and conventional architectural typologies through environmental analysis using computational simulation, and showed that […]