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At the Sustainable Building Structure Laboratory, we are addressing the study on the building structure which can accomplish reduction and reuse of building materials for “reduction of global environmental load.” We actively study “reduction and reuse” including carbon fixation or carbon assimilation (reduction of carbon dioxide emission) such as long-life buildings due to renovation and woods utilization, and also focus on the preservation of historical architecture and the development of the special structure with active utilizations of wooden materials.
In our study, the target structural systems are various. They are brick masonry, timber structure, historical reinforced concrete structure, mixed construction of reinforced concrete and brick masonry, vibration control system for steel frame structure, and so forth.
(Photograph-left: A lateral loading test out-of-plane direction of a dry block masonry fence, which has high design flexibility and elasticity against seismic force and wind pressure. Photograph-right: A vertical loading test of a geodesic dome consisting of bolts and bent steel plates)
