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Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Professor Mitsuo Takada

Development of housing stock regeneration methods corresponding to regional residential culture through a partial insulation modification experiment

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Project Description

We will conduct partial insulation modifications that take into consideration the lifestyles of the people living in actual housing stock based on an analysis of ways of living in types of housing that correspond to regional residential culture in Japan and overseas. In Japan, there is much housing stock with low energy saving performance and while regeneration to improve this performance is a pressing issue, the existing air-tight, high-performance insulation methods are meant for new houses, and there is also the risk of loosing local residential culture through the adoption of uniform air-tight, high-performance insulation methods. The purpose of this research is to develop regeneration methods corresponding to regional residential culture that will contribute to the utilization of housing stock through the verification of energy saving effects and ways of livings through a partial insulation modification experiment.

Grant year
FY2011 Research Grants
Grant term
3 years
April 2012 - March 2015
Grant amount
8,794,000 yen
Activity region
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Water sprinkling experiment at Machiya (ventilation and thermal environment survey)

Overview of the Organization

Professor Mitsuo Takada
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Professor Mitsuo Takada
Profile
Specialist field
Construction planning
Affiliated academic societies
Architectural Institute of Japan, Association of Urban Housing Sciences, The City Planning Institute of Japan, Scientific Association for Study of Living Art, Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences, Japan Institute for Condominium Living
Background
July 1979: Kyoto University Doctorate (Engineering) Degree no. 2505
March 1992: Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Assistant Qualified Architect of the First Class No. 152785
April 1996: Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture Assistant Professor
April 1997: Open University of Japan Associate Assistant Professor (until March 2003)
June 2003: Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture Professor
April 2010: Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering Professor (until present)
WEB site
http://www.ar.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/information/laboratory/living_space/index_html
Joint collaborators
Ritsumeikan University College of Science and Engineering, Department of Architecture and Urban Design Professor Tomoyuki Chikamoto; Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Assistant Professor Hidetoshi Yasueda, Kyotoshi Jutaku Kyokyukosya, Keiichiro Ikegawa
Research record
His specialty is living space studies. He is engaged in practical research on housing and community building that utilizes local history and culture. Books edited and authored include "Changes in Apartment Complex Housing Planning in Japan", "Connective Design Utilizing Regional Characteristics", "City Center, Town, and Suburban Coexistence", and "Urban Housing Sciences in The Era Of Aging Population And Decreasing Birth Rate". Planned works include "Experimental Apartment Complex NEXT21", "Flex Coat Yoshida", and "Urbanex Sanjo".
  • (1) Mitsuo Takada, Shufumi Doi, Hidetoshi Yasueda, Midori Kamoshige, Ryo Fujii: "Considerations on the relationship between living and environment adjustment spaces: Research on the development of environment-friendly housing corresponding to the regional residential culture No. 1", Architectural Institute of Japan Technology Lecture Collection Vo. E-2, pp. 273-274, 2011
  • (2) Midori Kamoshige, Mitsuo Takada: "Research on the possibility of changing the spatial layout of housing units: Housing experiments through Experimental Apartment Complex NEXT21 No. 2", Architectural Institute of Japan Technology Lecture Collection, No. 635, pp.9-16, January 2009.
  • (3) Momoyo Yatani, Mitsuo Takada, Keiichiro Namekawa, Shufumi Doi, and others: "Development of partial eco-renovation methods for rental apartment complex housing: Focusing on use of space inside and outside insulation panels", Housing Research Papers Vo. 2, pp. 21-28, December 2011
  • (4) Keiichi Tajima, Tomoyuki Chikamoto: "Research on energy-saving housing aimed at CO2 reductions (No. 2): Setting insulation scope in new housing and renovations of existing housing and verification of the energy saving effect in the living environment", The Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Sanitary Engineers of Japan Technology Lecture Collection, pp 1821-1824, September 2011