Urban Planning Lab.
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Toyota College：NITTC
About Urban Planning Lab.
In the Urban Planning Lab., Associate Professor Yuya SATO and NITTC students are contributing to the "creation of livable cities" by clarifying issues and developing practical initiatives in urban planning!
Major Activities
〇Clarification of Urban Planning Issues from the Land Use
Keywords：carbon neutral, cross-disciplinary, local cities, GIS, disaster prevention/mitigation
〇Practical approaches to community development issues
「Revitalization of the bustling area near by Meitetsu Miyoshigaoka Station (Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture)」
「NITTC DORMITOWN Project (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture)」
「Iida Charrette Workshop (Iida City, Nagano Prefecture)」
Clarification of Urban Planning Issues from the Land Use
Urban Planning Lab. is working to clarify issues while utilizing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to realize “the creation of livable cities”. Our lab. is actively engaged in joint research with many universities and KOSEN (National Institute of Technology in Japan). In recent years, our lab. has been conducting research in collaboration with researchers in different fields, such as materials, chemistry, law, and history, to examine issues from multi-disciplinary.
Revitalization of the bustling area near by Meitetsu Miyoshigaoka Station (Miyoshi City, Aichi Prefecture)
Our lab. is developing practical activities such as demonstration experiments and citizen surveys in cooperation with the government, residents, and civic activities aiming to revitalize the liveliness of the public facilities near the station. Our lab. is not limited to theoretical research, but we also emphasize practical activities in the community!
イベント広場無料開放（三好ケ丘駅前）
イベント広場無料開放（三好ケ丘駅前）
NITTC DORMITOWN Project
(Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture)
This project is conducted in the mountainous area (Sasado-cho) of Toyota City, where students of NITTC, local residents, and elementary school students work together to experience nature, such as rice planting and harvesting, planned and lectured by the students. This project was initiated in 2015 and is managed primarily by our lab.
Iida Charrette Workshop
(Iida City,Nagano Prefecture)
Our lab. participates in a charrette workshop in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, as our target area, where we stay on site for a week every summer to discuss ideas for solving local problems. Faculty and students of architecture and civil engineering from Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Nagano KOSEN (National Institute of Technology, Nagano College) and other KOSEN participates. With the cooperation of Iida City Government and local residents, we are working to proposal concrete and feasible solutions.
