This study identifies common features for typical school buildings and energy use patterns of 28 high schools in Makassar, Indonesia. It highlights how site conditions affect energy consumption and reveals opportunities to improve energy efficiency through better daylight utilization and building design in tropical educational environments.

This review paper treats critical excitation methods and discusses a possibility of the paradigm shift in nonlinear structural dynamics for building structures with hysteresis using input model transformation without structural model transformation. Nonlinear resonance problems are reformulated as critical excitation problems for elastic–plastic structures under a simple impulse sequence.

There were significant differences in the marginal probability effects of the presence of greenery related to cultural landscapes and the use of greenery in townscapes, indicating the need for regional planning that can maintain and utilize the utility of greenery in living spaces around residential areas to increase subjective health.

Familiarity with parks and the parks’ personal importance were associated with a willingness to participate in park management.

The percentages of elderly residents, rental units, and vacant units were all positively correlated with buildings' age. We found no significant differences in property-specific conditions but significant differences in the percentages of rental units, vacant units, and number of facilities installed, which suggest the role of management for older condominiums.

This study analyzes the distortional buckling behavior of channel members using an energy method. A nonconventional mechanical model and displacement functions are introduced to simulate distortional buckling behavior, highlighting the limitations of conventional models. An evaluation formula for the elastic distortional buckling strength is derived.

This study investigates the impact of tsunami-induced surge forces on seismically isolated buildings (SIBs) through hydraulic model experiments conducted in a specially designed wave flume. The flume is 12 m long, 0.3 m wide, and 0.4 m deep, and includes a reservoir, a uniform water section, a sloped shoreline, and a land section where the SIB models were placed. A dam-break type wave was generated by rapidly lifting a gate to release water from the reservoir, simulating tsunami conditions. The research focuses on analyzing the surge forces acting on the SIBs, the pressure distribution on their superstructures, and the dynamic response of the seismic isolation interface. Various sensors, including wave gauges, a current meter, a high-speed camera, and displacement and acceleration gauges, were employed to observe the wave behavior and structural response. The experimental results provide valuable insights into the tsunami resilience of SIBs.

Revitalization of the shrine through building relationships outside and inside the parishioner area

A laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate an evaluation method for building habitability based on subjective responses to vibrations caused by external sources. Subjective responses were measured in terms of “magnitude,” “concern,” and “discomfort,” The study compared several domestic and international evaluation methods for environmental vibrations with subjective responses, revealing that the vibration dose value, which accounts for the effect of vibration duration raised to the fourth power, was the most reasonable method.

Following the schematic design, design effort continued, including dome installation over the sanctuary, and reconsiderations on crypt, window, and tower designs, those achieved impressive manifestations in the built work. This paper depicts the architect's strategic design thinking in this phase by analyzing sketches and drawings created until the cathedral's dedication.

This study combined objective sensing data and subjective questionnaires, revealing changes in workspace usage and communication patterns post-renovation. The survey results show that the introduction of activity-based working increases inter-departmental interaction.

A new processing method of ground acceleration data is proposed for the fast and accurate evaluation of the maximum seismic structural responses. The proposed method consists of a trimming method and a down-sampling method. It is demonstrated through numerical examples for response spectrums and a full-scale high-rise building model that the proposed method enables fast and accurate evaluation of the maximum seismic structural responses.

In this study, joint details for a split beam orthogonal to a continuous beam in concrete-filled steel tubular beam-to-column connections were tested. The basic joint performance and stress transfer mechanisms were examined using finite element analysis.

This study investigated how disaster case management and disaster recovery public housing provision influenced housing recovery, utilizing 4 open-data sources. The results indicated that both interventions independently promoted housing recovery.