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■Research Center for Educational Facilities 　The Center was established in 1983 by the name of "Research Center for Educational Facilities",supported by the Ministry of Educational, Science, Sports and Culture. 　The Center conducts research and development of the planning and design of educational, academic and cultural facilities. 　The main objective of the center's works is to promote the most effective use and management of these facilities through research activities in order to serve the development of human society. ■Research Activities of the Center 　The research activities of the center are as follows: 1)　Basic and applied research on planning, design, improvement, 　　 　 　　　　arrangement, etc. of educational, academic and cultural facilities. 　 　a.　The planning and design of buildings and a variety of teaching method and management. 　　　Ex.：Especially what should the learning space as classroom, open space, etc. be in elementary　school? 　　　b.　The planning and design of buildings and outdoor architectural spaces in university campuses. 　　　Ex.：How should buildings be arranged in university campuses for the future development? 　　　c.　The planning and design of regional facilities for community. 　　　Ex.：How should complex buildings of school buildings and other regional facilities be planned and　designed to the most effective use. 　　　d.　The regional plannning of educational facilities. 　　　Ex.：Where and how should educational facilities be placed to the most effective use of　communities in the region? 　　　e.　Environment psychology of educational buildings. 　　　Ex.：How do people respond to physical environment and behave in educational　facilities? 　　　f.　Analysis of construction cost of school buildings. 　　　Ex.：Approximate quantities of skeleton of reinforced concrete school buildings. 　　　g.　The regional planning of lifelong learning facilities. 　　　Ex.：The requirements of the administration, the site planning of facilities for lifelong　learning, etc. 2)　International cooperation 3)　Collect and exchange information of educational facilities, etc. ■Staffs of the Center 　The staffs of the Center consists of full-time, part-time, visiting members 　 as follows　： 　　　Director　　　　　　　 　：　Fumihito MIYAMOTO, Dr.Eng. 　　　Associate Professor ：　Naoko SAIO, Dr.Eng. 　　　Visiting professor　 　：　Kazuyoshi ZETTSU, M.Eng. 　　　Visiting associate professor：　Masao Yamakawa, M.Eng. 　　　Assistant professor　： 　Maiko SUGAWARA, Dr.Eng. 　　　Part-time Lecturer　：　 Satoru Nagasawa, Dr.Eng. 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Masanobu YUZAWA, M.Eng. 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Isami KINOSHITA, Dr.Eng. 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Masao KOIZUMI, M.Eng. 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yoshiharu KANABAKO, M.Eng. 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Toshiharu IKAGA, Dr.Eng.