Hideaki SHIMURA Laboratory
Urban and regional design, and planning

The specialty of Hideaki SHIMURA Laboratory is city planning and design, especially "Machizukuri" which means community design, community improvement or place making in English. But "Machizukuri" is strictly original method of city planning in Japan.
Japan has a lot of mountains, so the topography has rhythmic relief. Based on the providence from both the topography and the nature, life places and nature places constitute compactly and have continuity. "Machizukuri" means to discover values of places, to share the values among residents, and to keep continuity of life places.
The laboratory develops the methods for "Machizukuri", for example design games, visual simulation systems, community information tools, and partnership systems between community and university through real design and planning projects.

Hideaki SHIMURA

Education
B.S. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University (3/25/1990)
B.S. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University (3/25/1992)
M.S. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (3/6/2003)
Honors and Awards
Encouragement Prize, Architectural Institute of Japan (2006)
Miyaji Kouichi Prize, Shibaura Institute of Technology (2006)

Highest Degree
Ph.D. (Dr.Eng.) Waseda University (3/6/2003)
Subject of Ph.D. Diploma: Simulation and Gaming System for Supporting Community Design

Academic Position
Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
Shibaura Institute of Technology
e-mail: hidesimAsic.shibaura-it.ac.jp
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Books
Haruhiko GOTO and Hideaki SHIMURA et ai. "Lifescape" (Kyoto; Gakugei Press, March, 2009)
Osamu Soda and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. "Science of Local Partnership -Managing Community-based Coalitions and Prijects-" (Tokyo; Seibundo Press, November, 2005)
Shigeru Satoh and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. "Machizukuri Design Games" (Kyoto; Gakugei Press, March, 2005)
Morio Uzuki and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. "The Design Method for Public Facilities by Citizen Participation" Textbook of Machizukuri Vol.3, (Tokyo; Maruzen Press, March, 2004)
Shigeru Satoh and HIdeaki SHIMURA et al. "The Method of Machizukuri" Textbook of Machizukuri Vol.1, (Tokyo; Maruzen Press, March, 2004)
Morio Uzuki and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. " Process Design" Vol. Design Data of City and Region, Handbook of Environmental Design, (Tokyo; Maruzen Press, March, 2003)
Shigeru Satoh and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. "Illustration of Castle Towns" (Tokyo; Kajima Press, April, 2002)
Refereed articles
Hideaki SHIMURA " SERVICE- LEARNING IN UNIVERISITY FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT Case Analysis of the U.S. Universities" Architectural Institute
of Japan Journal Technology Design, No. 35, P.315-320, Feb., 2011
Kazutaka NAYA and Hideaki SHIMURA at al. "The Development of Local Resources Wordbook by the Cooperation Course With University and the Cultural Center" Architectural Institute of Japan Journal Technology Design, No. 32, P.349-354, Feb., 2010
Hideaki SHIMURA “Developing Machizukuri [Community Planning] Design Conference Tools for Community Development -A Case Study of Nihonmatsu City-” Journal of Architecture and Building Engineering, No. 86, P.79-86, May, 2007
Hideaki SHIMURA “A Study on the Transition of City Architecture Type and the Townscape in Local City” Journal of Study on Housing, Architectural Institute of Japan, No. 1, P.221-228, Dec., 2006
Hideaki SHIMURA and Kousuke Masuo et al. “The Effectiveness and Role of Urban Planning Agreements in Local Cities –A study on the method of partnership community planning for inner city revitalization-“ Journal Archit. Plann. Environ. Eng., Architectural Institute of Japan, No. 560, P.221-228, Oct., 2002
Hideaki Shimura and Kanta Tatsumi et al. “A Study on Development of Design Conference Tools by Integrating Goal Image –Development of the method for community design conference by means of the rebuilding design game-” Journal Archit. Plann. Environ. Eng., Architectural Institute of Japan, No. 558, P.219-226, Aug., 2002
Hideaki SHIMURA and Shigeru Satoh “Process Design of Simulation and Gaming for Community Planning” The City Planning Institute of Japan, No. 36, P.691-696, 2001
Fkazawa Kazushige and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. “An Analysis of Mutual Editorial Process of Goal Image Built through Rebuilding Design Game” The City Planning Institute of Japan, No. 35, P.847-852, 2000
Takeshi Suemura and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. “A Study on Effects of Supplying Community Houses in Built-up Area densely crowded with Wooden Buildings in a Neighborhood” The City Planning Institute of Japan, No. 35, P.19-24, 2000
Hideaki SHIMURA and Shigeru Satoh et al. “Development of Visually Understanding Rebuilding Design Game” Architectural Institute of Japan Journal Technology Design, No. 9, P.219-222, Dec., 1999
Naomi Uchida and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. “A Study on the Method of Workshop in the Process of Having Goal Image in Common” The City Planning Institute of Japan, No. 34, P.601-606, 1999
Hideaki SHIMURA and Shigeru Satoh “A Study on the Development of Public Streets Design Game” The City Planning Institute of Japan, No. 33, P.247-252, 1998
Design competition awards
Hideaki SHIMURA et al. Award “50 Anniversary competition in Department of Architecture Waseda Univ.” 2001
Hideaki SHIMURA et al. Special Mention “Museum of modern literature in Hokkaido” 1992

Architectures
Hideaki SHIMURA et al. “Revitalization of a row house in Tsukishima” MR PARTNER (a Tokyo trade Journal), May, 2004
Hideaki SHIMURA “Summer house (Design build) in Kashima” 1997
Hideaki SHIMURA and Hisashi Ozawa “Public lavatory at Sano station” Excellent Prize, Tochigi Prefecture Architecture, 1997

Patent
Shigeru Satoh and Hideaki SHIMURA et al. “Supporting tool for the revitarization of urban district” Application Number: 2002-99826, Release Number: 2003-296513

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