Miyuu Muramatsu, Haruhiko Goto, Shu Yamamura, Chungmin Rheem
{"title":"The Value and the Structure of Semantic Interpretation of the Nameless Landscape Perceived by Foreign Travelers: Through Analysis of the Narratives of Korean Repeat Tourists","authors":"Miyuu Muramatsu, Haruhiko Goto, Shu Yamamura, Chungmin Rheem","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70105","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <i>Nameless Landscape</i>, which is spontaneously created in daily life and often difficult for local residents to evaluate, is analyzed here from the perspective of the traveler as outsider. The purpose of this study is to clarify the value and the structure of semantic interpretation of the <i>Nameless Landscape</i> as perceived by foreign travelers, specifically by analyzing their observation and interpretation processes. The study reveals the inherent nature of the <i>Nameless Landscape</i> and illustrates the <i>knowledge updating</i> process triggered by observation. Finally, it proposes a structural model of semantic interpretation to represent these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148784334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proposal for a Design Method for Ceiling Radiant Cooling System Using CFD Analysis","authors":"Rio Matsumoto, Jianan Liu, Minghao Huang, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Fujio Tamura, Ryo Takano, Sae Senda","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70111","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Water-based ceiling radiant cooling systems are increasingly adopted in Japan for thermal comfort and energy savings. However, conventional design methods relying on assumed target operative temperatures (OT) and uncooled surface temperatures often create discrepancies between expected and actual indoor environments. This complicates cooling capacity estimations and panel requirements, especially when combined with convection systems. This study proposes C-DM, a novel design method integrating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) into the conventional ASHRAE approach. By utilizing CFD to replicate actual phenomena, C-DM determines multiple parameters simultaneously and employs feedback control to accurately establish the radiant panels' cooling capacity needed for the target thermal environment. To evaluate its effectiveness, C-DM was applied to redesign a real office equipped with a ceiling radiant cooling system. Results demonstrate that the radiant panels' cooling capacity can be increased by 15.26 W/m<sup>2</sup> without compromising indoor thermal comfort, enabling highly effective system utilization. Furthermore, while maintaining the existing ratio of radiant to convection air conditioning, the required number of panels can be reduced by 0.21 units per square meter of floor area.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148753338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POD-Based Reduced-Order Modeling of Indoor Temperature Fields in Impinging Jet Ventilation: Parameter-Based Prediction and Sparse Sensor Reconstruction","authors":"Zitao Jiang, Tomohiro Kobayashi","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70109","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) has been widely used for reduced-order modeling of fluid flows; however, its application to complex indoor airflow remains limited, particularly in systems with strong sensitivity to boundary conditions and regime-dependent behavior. This study considers impinging jet ventilation (IJV), where the flow pattern is governed by the balance between momentum and buoyancy forces. Two POD-based approaches are investigated for predicting indoor temperature fields. The first approach employs radial basis function (RBF) to predict POD coefficients from operating parameters (POD-RBF), enabling rapid prediction under varying inlet velocities and heat fluxes. The second approach reconstructs the temperature field from sparse sensor measurements using linear stochastic estimation (LSE). The effects of sensor number and placement strategies, including random, QR-pivoting, and <i>K</i>-means methods, are systematically examined. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are used to generate training and validation datasets. The results demonstrate that POD-RBF can efficiently predict the flow field under known boundary conditions. Furthermore, POD-LSE enables reliable flow-field reconstruction from a limited number of optimally placed sensors. Nevertheless, both approaches show reduced accuracy in the transitional flow regime. These findings highlight the complementary roles of parameter-based prediction and sensor-based reconstruction.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70109","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148753167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Educational Buildings for Energy Efficiency: A Comparative and Regression Analysis of Global Literature Review Data","authors":"Sudiksya Bhandari, Hom Bahadur Rijal","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70106","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Thermal comfort in educational buildings extends beyond maintaining indoor temperature, as it affects students' well-being and energy performance of school environments. Although thermal comfort has been widely reviewed, educational buildings remain underrepresented with limited comparative evidence across school levels and age groups. Most existing reviews rely on descriptive or comparative methods, with few regression-based approaches providing quantitative insights. This study addresses these gaps by synthesizing field study data from educational buildings. Results show that in naturally ventilated educational buildings indoor temperature strongly depends on outdoor conditions with approximate slopes of 0.70 for secondary, and about 0.50 for both university and primary levels, whereas mechanically conditioned buildings remain thermally stable. Thermal sensation votes show a consistent positive relationship with indoor temperature across all educational levels, although thermal sensitivity varies, with younger students displaying greater variability. The comfort-indoor temperature relationship is strongly influenced by operation mode as mechanically conditioned primary and secondary schools show more consistent comfort responses than naturally ventilated ones. Adaptive comfort equations are developed for each educational level and operation mode. Overall, the findings indicate that integrating adaptive comfort strategies into educational building design and control can enhance energy efficiency while maintaining acceptable indoor thermal conditions for students.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Concrete Strength on Joint Performance of Orthogonal Split Beam Joints in Continuous Beam-Type Circular CFST Beam-To-Column Connections","authors":"Takashi Fujinaga, Yusuke Tsuchiya","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70104","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a continuous beam-type connection, a form of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) beam-to-column connection, fixing the beam ends becomes problematic because a beam orthogonal to the continuous beam cannot pass through the column tube. This study discusses methods for connecting beams orthogonal to the continuous beam in continuous beam-type CFST beam-to-column connections and investigates joint performance under relatively low filled concrete strength. A sub-assemblage test is conducted using high-strength concrete to investigate connection behavior and the effect of concrete strength on performance. Additionally, finite element analysis is performed to examine the stress transfer mechanism within and around the connection panel. Based on the experimental and analytical results, the stress transfer mechanism within and around the connection panel is discussed with respect to differences in connection details. Furthermore, a schematic model illustrating the assumed stress transfer mechanism associated with bearing resistance is presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generation of Simulated Ground Motions Compatible With Multiple Target Spectra Using Bayesian Optimization","authors":"Tsuyoshi Fukasawa","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70103","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper proposes an algorithm that employs Bayesian optimization to generate simulated ground motions compatible with multiple target spectra at different damping ratios. The algorithm dynamically adjusts the total number of correction waves at each iteration based on the Expected Improvement (EI) of the objective function. This dynamic adjustment mitigates interference among correction waves, a problem that becomes more pronounced when recorded phases are used. Achieving multi-damping spectral matching requires simultaneous compatibility with target spectra defined at multiple damping ratios. Conventional iterative schemes often encounter difficulties in achieving convergence stability when recorded phases constrain the waveform. The proposed method treats each iteration as a step of sequential optimization, with the number of correction waves chosen using the EI. The applicability is shown through four-damping spectral matching with three sets of recorded phases. The results show stable convergence and good spectral compatibility for all damping ratios examined.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148466748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formation and Change of an International Exchange Organization ATBAT: A Study on the History of International and Regional Exchange Activity of ATBAT (Atelier des Bâtisseurs), Part 1","authors":"Kosuke Matsubara","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>ATBAT (Atelier des Bâtisseurs), best known as Le Corbusier's design office that realized the Unité d'habitation de Marseille, was not solely his own workplace; many architects and engineers of various origins sought to develop their own planning theories there. Treating ATBAT as an international exchange organization, this study clarifies how its key members joined it, what they learned through cooperation within and outside ATBAT, and how they ultimately became independent from Le Corbusier. Four key members are examined—Vladimir Bodiansky, Georges Candilis, Gérald Hanning, and Gyoji Banshoya—through primary materials such as letters, business records, autobiographies, and planning documents, focusing on the documented facts of their trajectories rather than the content of their plans. In the formation process, they worked toward creating the CSTB, collaborated with Michel Ecochard, and engaged with the United Nations and the M.R.U. to promote the reconstruction of war-damaged France. As industrialization divided architects from engineers, the early amicable relationships changed, and the talented members who had contributed to Marseille each sought their own path.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148462709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Analysis of Inhalation Exposure to Indoor Microplastics/Microfibers in a Realistic Human Respiratory Tract Down to 16th Terminal Bronchioles","authors":"Yuan Ni, Nguyen Dang Khoa, Kazuki Kuga, Eunsu Lim, Kiao Inthavong, Kazuhide Ito","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70101","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Indoor airborne microplastics, especially in fibrous form, pose significant respiratory health risks due to their widespread distribution and persistence. This study employed computational fluid–particle dynamics (CFPD) simulations to investigate the inhalation, transport, rotation, and deposition behaviors of fibrous microplastics in the human respiratory tract. Because full DEM simulations in realistic airways are computationally demanding, DEM was first applied in a simplified geometry to assess drag and torque closures for nonspherical particles, thereby supporting the accurate and efficient application of the DPM framework in the realistic airway model. This verification confirmed that the Tran-Cong (TC) and Ganser (GS) drag laws accurately predict fiber motion. Subsequently, a comprehensive airway model, extending from the nostrils to the 16th bronchial bifurcation, was developed to quantify deposition patterns of fibrous microplastics with three diameters (4.785, 9.797, 15.731 μm) × three aspect ratios (AR = 3, 5, 10), yielding nine distinct size groups. The results revealed size-dependent deposition behaviors, with fibers having an aerodynamic equivalent diameter larger than 20 μm predominantly depositing in the upper respiratory regions owing to inertial impaction, whereas smaller fibers (10–20 μm) penetrated deeper, notably accumulating around the 5th–7th bronchial generations, especially within the right lower lung lobe.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148386905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversified and Specialized Foodscapes in Tokyo: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Restaurant Distribution","authors":"Takumi Ishida, Kentaro Honma, Shota Tabata","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70100","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Restaurants are vital to urban life, supporting daily activities, tourism, and the cultural identity of cities. In Tokyo, Japan, the spatial concentration of diverse dining establishments is crucial in shaping city image and attractiveness. Conversely, restaurant attributes such as category and price range reflect local activities and population characteristics. Although prior studies have typically addressed these relationships in limited regions or timeframes, a comprehensive understanding requires the examination of both spatial distribution and temporal change. This study investigates the changes in restaurant distribution and diversity in Tokyo over an 11-year period, drawing on large-scale datasets from 2013 and 2024. The results show that approximately two-thirds of restaurants have been replaced, with a higher turnover in dense commercial areas. Despite this relationship, the overall category diversity index remained stable, suggesting that Tokyo's foodscape has been largely preserved. However, high-density districts exhibited polarization: diversification and specialization proceeded in diverse and specialized districts, respectively. Price diversity patterns differed between lunch and dinner; notably, lunch price diversity increased in commercial districts, indicating growing demographic diversity among daytime visitors. These findings demonstrate that spatiotemporal analysis of restaurant diversity provides valuable insights into effective urban planning and commercial development.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148386904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hideki Iwahori, Ako Nagao, Akira Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akihisa Nomoto, Jun Nakagawa
{"title":"Post-Disaster Public Housing in Nakamachi 2, Yabuki Town, Fukushima, Japan Houses as an Environmental Exchange Device","authors":"Hideki Iwahori, Ako Nagao, Akira Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akihisa Nomoto, Jun Nakagawa","doi":"10.1002/2475-8876.70099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/2475-8876.70099","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In Japan, people who lose their homes due to natural disasters can move into post-disaster public housing provided and constructed by the government. The challenges in constructing such housing are to foster a community of new residents and to ensure sufficient environmental performance within a limited construction cost and period. This project is a post-disaster public housing in Yabukimachi, Fukushima Prefecture, which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. We proposed a prototypical house that uses familiar and universal technologies and serves as a backdrop for daily life, integrating an open space that encourages interaction among residents and environmental technologies for a comfortable life in cold regions. We call this concept “housing as an environmental exchange device,” and believe that it has the potential to become a model for future living spaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":42793,"journal":{"name":"Japan Architectural Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2475-8876.70099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148324480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}