Housing & Environmental Design Laboratory

A canal can look quiet from the road, yet hold centuries of movement, memory, worship, and daily work. That is what makes the Nonthaburi Waterfront Living Survey, conducted from September 21 to 26, especially valuable. The survey focused on communities along the Bang Kruai Canal, a waterway that connects the Om Non Canal with the Chao Phraya River. This area is more than a scenic waterfront. It is a living record of old settlement patterns, temple-centered landholding, and th

A strong architecture thesis does more than describe buildings. It reveals how people live, work, adapt, and sustain community through space. That is the power of M1 Igaki Asahi’s award-winning research, 「コーヒー農耕社会における居住空間と生業の相互関係」, which received the 2026 日本建築学会優秀卒業論文賞. The study focuses on coffee-producing regions in Laos, where homes are not simply places of rest. They are tied closely to farming, processing, storage, family care, seasonal labor, and local exchange. By look

Akihabara is often described through neon signs, electronics stores, anime shops, and train lines. Yet a closer look shows a district where everyday movement, small-scale commerce, infrastructure, and memory overlap in unusually dense ways. This 10-day fieldwork program in Akihabara, Tokyo brought Japanese students together with students from Thai universities to study the area through design surveys, observation, mapping, and discussion. The aim was not only to understand th

Waterfront life in Nonthaburi is not only a scenic subject. It is a living system where houses, canals, boats, markets, temples, drainage, and memory all meet at the water’s edge. From August 1 to 10, the survey focused on how people live beside water in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, and how water landscapes shape daily routines, local identity, and future planning. The work matters because rivers and canals in the Bangkok metropolitan region face pressure from urban growth,

TOKYO VERNACULAR 2026 International GPBL Workshop on Architecture, Culture and Urban Ethnography Shimizu Laboratory, School of Architecture and Design, Shibaura Institute of Technology, is pleased to announce the launch of TOKYO VERNACULAR 2026, an international Global Project-Based Learning (GPBL) workshop that explores the hidden cultural landscapes of contemporary Tokyo. The workshop focuses on Akihabara and its surrounding districts as a unique urban environment where tec

Researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technology conducted field research in Nonthaburi and Samut Songkhram Provinces, Thailand, as part of the JSPS research project on water landscapes and humid Asian environments. The research was carried out in collaboration with Kasetsart University and Silpakorn University. The team investigated riverine settlements, traditional dwelling environments, water management systems, and the cultural landscapes formed through long-term interac

We will conduct the research, "STUDY ON THE AUTONOMOUS RESTORATION OF WATERSCAPES IN HUMID ASIA THROUGH INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND LOCAL CULTURAL PRACTICES", in BANGKOK, NONTHABURI, PATUMTHANI, and SAMUTSONGKRAM, Thailand, from FEBRUARY 16-22, 2026. The survey will be collaborated with FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY, and FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, KASETSART UNIVERSITY. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. KREANGKRAI KIRDSIRI, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY, and

3nights 5days trip. Thank you, lab. members for your nice presentations and sharing time to visit world heritage sites.

from 23rd, Oct. to 3rd, Nov. Courtesy Visit to the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT). Various research in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The 37th meeting of culture and society of Highlanders in Thailand was held on 18th, Oct., at 402 room, Toyosu.

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We conducted to see the possibility of setting up the Ecomuseum at Paxong, Pakse, Laos.

Measuring under hot and humid climate conditions everyday.

We conducted a preliminary survey of Koh Kret together with Professor Tan from Kasetsart University for a new JSPS research project that...

Alumni seminar attended by many of Professor Hata's students and my lab’s students, 20241207. What did we learn in the field?　 More than...

Set in Addis Ababa, which continues to change at an alarming rate, we collaborated with students to investigate several buildings, in a...

One of the missions of this laboratory is to pass on the methods of architectural anthropology to the next generation of young and...

©SHIMIZU Lab. In this laboratory, it is crucially important to broadly capture the actions, activities, and minds of people around...

What I'm most interested in recently. It is a theme that should be truly explored, and it is difficult but also very exciting. It's time...

Currently, the aging of the population is progressing in Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, and the maintenance and...