Architecture and Civil Engineering Course
I want to think about technology to prevent natural disasters! I want to learn how to create a comfortable living environment!
We provide education and research that covers everything from the fundamentals to applications of architecture and civil engineering, including buildings such as houses and other buildings, civil structures such as roads, bridges, and tunnels, the living spaces in which we live, the urban planning that supports our lives, and disaster-resistant town planning.
About the Education Program
Acquire general knowledge and basic skills to move on to the specialized fields of "Architecture" and "Civil Engineering"
1年次から2年次前期までの期間に一般教養科目、学部および学科共通（自然科学系）科目および情報系科目の一部を履修し、コミュニケーション能力と社会的教養を身に付けるとともに、関連分野の専門基礎科目（材料力学、電気回路、計測工学など）を学び俯瞰力を養います。
2年次後期の前半は本コースの共通科目を学修し、後半からは建築学と土木工学の2つのトラックに分かれて、それぞれの専門科目を学修します。
Architecture Track
Students will systematically study subjects related to design and planning, environment and production, structure, and practice, with a focus on the designated subjects for the architect examination.
Civil Engineering Track
Students will systematically study subjects in the fields of geotechnical, structural and material, hydraulic, planning and transportation, sanitation, and practical work, with a focus on civil engineering subjects required for design and construction management.
Flow of the four years
First year
一般教養科目として「人と社会に関する科目」「外国語科目」「地域連携科目」、自然科学系の共通科目として「数学」「物理学」「化学」「生物学」、情報系科目として「情報セキュリティ入門」「データサイエンス入門」「プログラミング入門」をそれぞれ学び、理工学の基礎を培います。
2年次 前期
前期には、「電磁気学基礎」「電気回路基礎」「材料の力学」「流れの力学」「熱力学基礎」「計測工学」などを分野横断的に学修し、工学の基礎力を高めます。
さらに、「現代情報学概論」「確率統計」「統計的データ処理」の情報科目によりデータ活用能力を身につけます。
2年次 後期
後期からはトラック専門科目を中心に学びます。後期の前半は、「図学」「都市計画」「建設構造力学」などのトラック共通科目や概論科目を学修し、後期の後半からトラックごとに専門科目を学びます。
建築学トラックは、「建築設計基礎」「都市地域計画」「建築学演習」など、土木工学トラックは「空間情報処理」「水理学」「土質力学」などの基礎的な専門科目を学びます。
Third Year
2年次後期から引き続き、トラック専門科目を中心に学びます。
建築学トラックは、「建築設計論」「建築設備」「建築鉄筋コンクリート構造」などの必修科目や「都市マネージメント」「寒地建築環境工学」「建築測量学実習」などの選択科目を、
土木工学トラックは「交通システム計画」「火山防災工学」「測量学実習」などの必修科目や「河川計画学」「環境衛生工学」「海岸・海洋工学」などの選択科目を学び、それぞれの分野の根幹となる専門知識を習得し、実習などにより応用力を身につけます。
Fourth Year
The main part of learning in the fourth year is practical learning through graduation research. By applying the knowledge acquired up to that point to achieve the tasks set in each field, students will develop problem-solving skills as well as an essential understanding of the knowledge.
Architecture Truck Pickup
About the classes
建築設計Ⅰ（2年後期）
This is a practical course to learn drawing techniques, which are the basis of architectural design. Students will learn "basic expressions and rules for various architectural drawings (floor plans, elevations, etc.)" and "how to use drawing tools." In practice, students will create drawings based on actual measurements of their own rooms, and copy and trace drawings of existing houses (wooden) and public buildings (reinforced concrete structure).
About the Research
Research on childcare support services in urban parks in response to the declining population
In recent years, as socio-economic conditions have changed, such as a rapid decline in population and an aging society, there is a demand for new value to be created in architecture and urban development in response to these changes.
Up until now, city parks have been developed and stocked with a park area per person of 10 m2/person, and the total area across the country is roughly the same as that of the main island of Okinawa (120,000 ha), but city parks are also in a situation where new value needs to be created.In this situation, childcare support services in new city parks are attracting attention as a way to deal with the declining population.
This study will examine the current state of child-rearing support services in urban parks, the increase in park usage resulting from the implementation of child-rearing support services, the possibility of human resource development through these services, and park management strategies for this purpose.
Professor Tsuneshi Ichimura
Research Field
Landscape, Urban Management, Environmental Planning
Main research themes
New business and management in urban parks to solve local issues
Civil Engineering Truck Pickup
About the classes
Civil Engineering Experiment
In order to understand the properties of "soil," "reinforced concrete," and "water," which are important for the design and construction of civil engineering structures such as roads, bridges, rivers, and harbors, students will conduct standard soil tests, reinforced concrete experiments, and hydraulic experiments that are used in practice. Students will learn how to understand the properties of "soil," "reinforced concrete," and "water" based on the results of these experiments, deepening their understanding of the theories and knowledge they learned in lectures. This class also develops communication skills through group work.
About the Research
Predicting water risks caused by global climate change and preparing for disasters
In recent years, there have been frequent disasters caused by "guerilla downpours" where heavy rain falls in a short period of time and unprecedented heavy rain. At the same time, there are concerns about the decrease in snowfall and its sudden melting. The most commonly heard cause is global climate change.
Predicting such risks related to water will lead to disaster prevention measures and protect our safety. In this research, we use models like the one in the photo and simulation technology to investigate the water and sediment phenomena that occur during floods, and consider what countermeasures we can take. We also explore the mechanisms of the water cycle throughout the basin, including precipitation, snowmelt, evapotranspiration, and runoff, and consider the impact of climate change on water use and the water environment, as well as countermeasures.
Professor Makoto Nakatsugawa
Research Field
Hydrology, river engineering, water environment engineering
Main research themes
Impacts of climate change on floods, water resources and the water environment, and adaptation measures; flood forecasting; natural restoration of rivers and wetlands
Licenses and qualifications available
driver licence
- High school teacher license (industrial) *Teacher training course credits required
Qualifications
- Qualification to take the first-class architect examination (requires a certain amount of work experience after graduation)
- Qualifications for taking the second-class architect exam
- 1st and 2nd class construction management engineers (requires a certain amount of work experience after graduation)
- Surveyor
- Assistant Engineer, etc.
Employment situation
Architecture Track
- Obayashi Corporation
- Shimizu Corporation
- Kajima Construction
- Taisei Corporation
- Takenaka Corporation
- Toda Construction
- Kumagai Gumi
- Nishimatsu Construction
- Fujita
- Iwata Chizaki Construction
- Ito Construction
- Daiwa House Industry
- Dokon
- Hokkaido
- Muroran Institute of Technology Graduate School, etc.
Civil Engineering Track
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau
- Hokkaido
- Toyama Prefecture
- Sapporo City
- Hakodate City
- Kajima Construction
- Obayashi Corporation
- Taisei Corporation
- Nishimatsu Construction
- Dokon
- Nippon Koei
- Yachiyo Engineering
- Hokkaido Electric Power
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- Muroran Institute of Technology Graduate School, etc.
