Researchers

OKAMURA Kentaro

OKAMURA Kentaro
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Architecture / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/kentaro_okamura

Education and Career

Education

  • 2000/04 - 2002/03 , The University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences,
  • 2002/04 - 2004/03 , The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering,
  • 2004/04 - 2007/03 , The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering,
  • 2011/04 - 2014/03 , The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2019 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Architecture Lecturer
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2019 , The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science Research Associate

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention), Architectural history and design

Research Interests

Great East Japan Earthquake, fishing village, tsunami, reconstruction, disaster

Published Papers

  1. Basic research on “post reconstruction period” of Sanriku coast: focus on medium-term changes in housing space and narrative
    Aiba Shin; Ishigure Masakazu; Okamura Kentaro; Kimura Shuhei; Satō Shosuke; Tawada Kento; Tsujimoto Yuki
    JOURNAL OF THE HOUSING RESEARCH FOUNDATION "JUSOKEN"  50  , 59-70, 2024  , Refereed
  2. RESEARCH ON YAKISUGI - Performance evaluation as exterior and interior materials -
    Kentaro Okamura; Mikio Koshihara; Noboru Yasui; Keiichi Imamoto; Akiko Otsuka; Chihiro Kaku; Kentaro Honma; Kengo Hayashi; Akiko Sugahara
    Journal of the Housing Research Foundation "Jusoken"  49  , 73-84, Mar. 2023  , Refereed
  3. A Study on the Structure of Community Units in Reconstruction —Through the Practice of Reconstruction Project in Machikata and Kirikiri district, Otsuchi Town, Kamihei County, Iwate Prefecture
    Hideya FUKUSHIMA; Akiyoshi NII; Kentaro OKAMURA; Yuta ITSUMI
    Journal of social safety science  39  , 175-185, Nov. 2021  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. コミュニティのかたちと復興区画整理 : 大槌町町方・吉里吉里の地域デザイン , 福島, 秀哉; 二井, 昭佳; 岡村, 健太郎; 五三, 裕太 , 鹿島出版会 , Feb. 2023
  2. 津波のあいだ、生きられた村 , 饗庭, 伸; 青井, 哲人; 池田, 浩敬; 石榑, 督和; 岡村, 健太郎; 木村, 周平; 辻本, 侑生; 山岸, 剛 , 鹿島出版会 , Sep. 2019
  3. 近代日本の空間編成史 , 中川理編 , 青井哲人・岡村健太郎・石榑督和「第6章 基盤編成の一九三〇年代 −昭和恐慌下の三陸漁村と津波復興−」 , 青井哲人・岡村健太郎・石榑督和「第6章 基盤編成の一九三〇年代 −昭和恐慌下の三陸漁村と津波復興−」 , 思文閣出版 , Apr. 2017

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MISC

  1. Relocation of Residential Area to Higher Ground after the Meiji Sanriku Tsunami and the Showa Sanriku Tsunami - Reconstruction in a Broad Sense and in a Narrow Sense , Kentaro Okamura , Journal of Disaster Recovery and Revitalization , 15 , 139 , 150 , 1, Sep. 2020
  2. Necessary Conditions for a Resilient System : A Case Study of Disaster Recovery in Kirikiri in 1933 , Kentaro OKAMURA , Journal of architecture and building science , 135 , 1732 , 28 , 31 , Jan. 2020
  3. Relocation to a High Altitude Area after the Showa Sanriku Tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture , Kentaro OKAMURA; Masakazu ISHIGURE; Kengo HAYASHI , Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting , 2019 , 985 , 986 , Jul. 2019

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Awards & Honors

  1. Jun. 2022, Institute of Social Safety Scienece, Institute of Social Safety Scienece Paper Award 2021
  2. Apr. 2021, Architectural Institute of Japan, AIJ Book Award 2021
  3. Apr. 2020, Architectural Institute of Japan, AIJ book award 2020

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Research on Disaster Recovery Techniques in a Mature Society , Kindai University
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), An Empirical Study of the Formation and Reorganization of Urban Infrastructure and Residential Districts in modern East Asian Cities , Kindai University
  3. 住総研, 住総研 2022年度研究助成, 三陸海岸の「復興のあと」の基礎研究

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