Course title
健康アメニティ論   [Health and Amenities]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01rn3052
Instructor(s)
下田 政博, 福本 寛之   [SHIMODA Masahiro, FUKUMOTO Hiroyuki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
In this lecture, "the comfort of the person" becoming important to rebuild area or town will be lectured. As for the contents consisting of the main elements of next three namely, "the human body feeling comfort", ”example of a comfort design" , and "a method of the comfort design"."Sensitivity and the sense of the person", "pleasantness or/and unpleasantness" always has close relation to neighboring environment.
Expected Learning
Understand the clues in grasping the relationship between environment and human behavior.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
[main class contents]
1. With the amenity: Definition of the amenity and comfort; urban amenities for human health [Shimoda]
2. The host which feels comfort: Sense of the Homo sapiens [Fukumoto]
3. The host which feels comfort: Changes in the sensory function with aging [Fukumoto]
4. The host which feels comfort: Physiological evaluation of the comfort [Fukumoto]
5. The host which feels comfort: Summary [Fukumoto]
Exam-1.
6. The basics of amenity design: The measurement of the amenity degree [Shimoda]
7. The basics of amenity design: The designs stimulating five senses [Shimoda]
8. The basics of amenity design: Green amenity [Shimoda]
9. The basics of amenity design: Summary [Shimoda]
Exam-2.
10. Practice of the design of the comfort: Barrier-free [Group working]
11. Practice of the design of the comfort: Barrier-free [Group working]
12. Practice of the design of the comfort: Universal design [Group working]
13. Practice of the design of the comfort: Universal design [Group working]
14. Practice of the design of the comfort: Presentation [Group working]
15. Practice of the design of the comfort: Summary [Group working]

Prerequisites
This lecture is an elective subject, and is one of the specialized subjects.
Students need to preview and review for an amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT, in addition to the attendance of lecture (30 hours).
Related course: Environmental and Ecological Physiology (Shimoda and Fukumoto)
Required Text(s) and Materials
Document print will be distributed at the time of a class.
The audiovisual materials such as a slide, the video will be used.
References
The image of the city: Kevin Lynch
"Amenity Design": Isoya Shinji [in Japanese]
"Ningen Kankyo Gaku": Nihon kenchiku Gakkai [in Japanese]
Assessment/Grading
You must fulfill following three:
1. Two or less absences.
2. Participate in both periodic exams 1 and 2.
3. Act for assigned group work.

Evaluation standards are determined from the sum (100 % possible) of Periodic exams (1 and 2, up to 60%) and group work at practice (up to 40%).

Evaluation standards are determined from the sum (100 % possible) of two Examinations (up to 60%) and Group working (up to 40%).
・Exam 60%:to assess basic knowledge about human amenity/comfort and understanding on the relationship between human behavior and the related environments
・Group working 40%:to assess the ability to explain the relationship between human behavior and the related environments
Message from instructor(s)
Because you may be active in a class in a group, do not abandon it on the way.
Course keywords
amenity; comfort; biological information; universal design
Office hours
Please contact via email
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/15/2021 4:48:30 PM