"Hometown designer", as a profession, let alone as a terminology, has yet to folly bloom and become recognized in Japan. The academic program offered by Chiba University in Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, intends to boost this recognition and its st...
When designing a living aims to enhance regional values through the employment of cultural resources and local indigenous resources (i.e., the local population, environment etc.), its sustainability should not be assessed in economic terms. Rather...
We have learned from previous studies on long distance and short distance that subjects tend to be either of non-wandering priority or of wandering priority during their travel. So how underground limits affect users' wayfinding behavior between t...
The purpose of this study is to understand how information signs correspond to users' various wayfinding behavior and how the signs serve their needs such as safety, pleasure, and smooth passage when walking between above-ground train stations. In...