Welcome to Hokkaido University Architectural Planning Laboratory
Our laboratory aims to realize a socially, culturally, and economically human-scale living environment in terms of architecture and urban planning and design. We are working globally and internationally to explore next-generation planning that contributes to improving the quality of life and well-being in a broad sense.
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What's New
□ The Urban Design Center Tomakomai website has been launched. Professor Suguru Mori will serve as the center director. (2025.3.7)
□ Professor Suguru Mori's commentary on the revitalization of central city areas in regional cities was broadcast on STV News Hokkaido. (2024.12.7)
□ Urban Design Center Tomakomai (UDC Tomakomai) was established. Professor Mori Suguru will serve as the center director. (2024.10.31)
□ Nanase Kuroda's (B4) proposal won the Part-time Lecturer Award in the 2023 Graduation Design Selection Review. (2024.2.22)
□ The English book “Community Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific Region” edited by Professor Suguru Mori has been published.(2024.2.19) *Can be purchased from Amazon in Japan
□ An article introducing the basic design proposal for the Kamishihoro Town Hall (wooden extension + central building 3 → 2nd floor reduction), which our laboratory is in charge of, was published in the Hokkaido Construction Newspaper on December 14, 2023. (2023.12.14)
□ Gentai Obuse (M.A., 2019) received the 2023 Urban Society of Japan Paper Award for his peer-reviewed paper, "Analysis of Issues in Local Livelihoods from the Perspective of Trial and Error in Creating Mobile Vending Usage Bases : Focusing on Business Development in Depopulated Areas in Hokkaido, Japan". (2023.11.4)
□ Professor Suguru Mori has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering.(2023.11.1)
□ Professor Suguru Mori has contributed to the improvement of the quality of the Journal of the Architectural Institute of Japan through more than a certain number of excellent reviews in the Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan, and has been awarded as a distinguished reviewer of the Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan. (2023.4.14)