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

Aging is becoming a shared global reality, and one of its hardest challenges is not only medical. It is social. Many older adults live with shrinking circles of contact after retirement, bereavement, migration of younger family members, or reduced mobility. Over time, isolation can affect mood, confidence, daily routines, and cognitive health. Improving quality of life, or QOL, for older adults calls for more than care services alone. It also calls for places where elders fee

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,

What happens in the mountains of Northern Thailand cannot be understood through a single story. Children’s education, family livelihoods, local identity, migration, coffee cultivation, and cultural memory all meet in the same hills. That is why the 38th Meeting on the Life of the Thai Mountainous People, held on October 3, carried meaning beyond a regular gathering. It brought attention to the lived realities of highland communities and asked how outside supporters, local res

Thailand’s first reminiscence therapy center has been established in Ton Haen Noi Village, Chiang Mai. The center was created as a space for practicing “Kaisoho” (reminiscence therapy), a method that encourages elderly people to recall and share memories through conversation, objects, photographs, and everyday experiences from the past. At the center, Faai-san and Setsuko-san, who learned the reminiscence therapy method in Nagoya, Japan, kindly organized and facilitated activ

GPBL WorkShop in Chiang mai, Thailand, launched. The work shop titled as " Eco Museum in THN Village" will be co designed with Chiang mai University and Mae jo University and from SIT, 22 students will join the programe. The aim of this workshop is to repair the roof, renovate exhibits, and renovate the exterior of the main eco museum facility, which opened in 2019 in THN village. Students will spend time in a village with staying over nights, learning about and experiencing

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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In the very hot weather of July, this GPBL was attended by the participation of staffs and excellent students from Thailand, the Faculty...

GPBL WS, aiming at learning Eco Museum, held in Tokyo during 25th, July-3rd August, launched.

We conducted a reminiscence therapy workshop in Chiang Mai, where an eco-museum is being developed. This project was funded by the Toyota...

日時：2025年5月18日（日）14：30～16：30（終了後・ピザ窯会　雨天中止） 会場：京都府立大学　稲盛記念会館　〒606-0823　京都市左京区下鴨半木町1-5 参加費： （一般）…1,000円 （学生）…500円...

◆2025年5月17日（土）14：45～18：45（開場：14：30） 企画名：ワークショップ「現代日本の建築デザイン実践における自然を考える」 場所：南山大学フラッテンホール 対象：南山大学に所属する大学生・大学院生・教職員および学外の大学や研究所・研究機関に所属する方...

I had an opportunity to gave a lecture on urban housing issues in Tokyo, Japan and keynote speech on transformative education in...

was completed. The floods that occurred from September to October last year caused great damage in various parts of Chiang Mai. The...

We will hold 5th GPBL Workshop with Chiang Mai University and Mae Jo University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 18th - 27th, March 2025. The...