Introduction to Global Architecture - Role of Global Architecture in Sustainable Development -

Michihiro KITA (Graduate School of Engineering)

Cource Objective
   The 21st Century will be an era of global partnership. We should make best effort for realizing sustainable society based on better understanding of global environment and diversity of human cultures with considering the impact of human activities on the nature. In the lectures, recent studies of technology and planning/design concepts for sustainable development in the field of architectural engineering, civil engineering and naval architecture are discussed, which introduce the concept of Global Architecture

Course Content
   (1) Orientation: Sustainable Development in Geotechnical Engineering (?)
   (2)-(5) Recent studies in the field of naval architecture

• Introduction of Goal Based New-ship Construction Standards (Fujikubo)
• Prediction of Energy Consumption of Oceangoing Ships (Minoura)
• GHG reduction in Ship Hydrodynamics (Toda)
• Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster (Kato)

• Approach to restoration of coastal and estuarine environments in Japan (Aoki)
• Seismic Retrofit of Existing Steel Bridges (Ono)
• Macro Architecture for Sustainable Urban Development and Green Mobility (Doi)
• Sustainable Structural Design on Stainless Steel Infrastructres (Nara)

• Lessons Learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake for Building Structural Engineering (Sanada)
• Architectural and Urban Design for Continuation of Socio-spatial System (Kita)
• Renovation of Buildings and Urban Space (Iida)
• Passive Control Technique for Green Buildings (Yamanaka)

Textbooks
   There is no set textbook required for this course. Students will be provided with handouts.

Grading Policy

• Class participation 30%
  Class participation is checked at 20 minutes after the lecture starts.
• Examination 70%
  2 Examinations scheduled are based on lectures.