Academic Staff and Fellows

YAMAGUCHI Kentaro: Professor Doctor of Engineering; Department/Architecture　 Graduate school/Environmental Engineering

In manufacturing, it is essential to get a picture of user needs and lifestyles. Using a variety of research methodologies, we gauge the needs of people who have difficulty in making their wishes known, for example, the elderly and the disabled, and study what is desirable in products, architecture, and communities from the standpoint of these people. In particular, we are undertaking comprehensive research on facilities for the elderly, from assistive devices and equipment to buildings and regional planning.

Design of Facilities for the elderly

Research Area	Architecture Planning
Research Interests	Housing for the Elderly、A Place for Community、Workshop、Person-Furniture-Space Relation
Selected Publications	A STUDY ON EFFECT OF DOWNSIZING OF THE CARE UNIT ON INDIVIDUAL CARE : A study on group living in existing nursing home (1) ,Journal of architecture and planning (587), 33-40, 2005.01 A STUDY ON THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND THE RESIDENTS' LIFE IN SATELLITE NURSING HOME ,Journal of architecture and planning (649),559-568, 2010.03 A STUDY ON THE DAMAGE AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY AT FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY BY GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE ,Journal of architecture and planning (690),1733-1742, 2013.08
Research and Achievements	11_yamaguchi_kentaro.pdf
Education (Master's/Doctral Course)	Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Housing for Life and Well-Being Laboratory

E-mail	yamaguchi（at）arch.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".