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ABE TOSHIHIKO

Department / Course College of Science and Engineering Department of Architecture and Urban Design

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage
2.	Graduate School of Science and Engineering
3.	Research Organization of Science and Technology Institute of Advanced Research for Sport and Health Science
4.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Research Center for Computational Research on Designing Sustainable Society

Academic background
1.	2019/02 Degree Acquisition	│ Waseda University Ph.D (Doctor of Engineering)
2.	2000/04～2002/03	Master Course │ Department of Architecture │ Division of Science and Engineering │ Waseda University │ Completed
3.	1996/04～2000/03	Department of Architecture │ Division of Science and Engineering │ Waseda University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2024/04 ～	Head │ │
2.	2020/04 ～	│ │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2016/04 ～	Researcher │ Institute of Urban & Regional Studiesof │ Waseda University
4.	2014/04 ～ 2020/03	│ │ Kogakuin University
5.	2009 ～ 2020	│ │ Waseda University
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Committee and society
1.	2018/04 ～	The Architectural Institute of Japan Committee of Community Housing
2.	2018/04 ～ 2020/03	The Architectural Institute of Japan Committee of City Planning
3.	2017/04 ～ 2020/03	Shibuya City Adviser of Town Scape
4.	2016/04 ～ 2017/03	Tokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers Committee of Tokyo Olympic Legacy
5.	2015/04 ～ 2020/03	The Architectural Institute of Japan Committee of Education, Group of Community & Regional Regeneration
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Research activities
1.		The City Planning Institute of Japan
2.		Association of Urban Housing Sciences
3.		ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN

Qualification and license
1.	2010	Professional Engineer of Urban & Regional Planning, Japan
2.	2004	First Class Architect of Japan

Subject of research
1.	A Study on Steet Management
2.	A Study on the Regeneration of Local Cities and Suburban Housing Complexes in a Shrinking Society
3.	A study on urban renewal by utilizing local resources
4.	Research on Parks, Green Infrastructure, and Vacant Land Utilization
5.	Study on Pre & Post Disaster Restoration for a Great Earthquake

Research summary
Study on Mutual Design of Urbanism and Architectural Design by Using Method of Action Research Machizukuri 　In recent years, renovation, utilization of local resources and utilization of vacant lots have become the mainstream of urban design, rather than rebuilding and development. 　Urban design that relies solely on architectural renewal is outdated. 　Recently, there have been many cases of social design, such as regional management that goes beyond the local and regional scales, rather than physical design. 　How can we rebuild the build environment across urban and architectural scales and through mutual design? 　I would like to explore the methodology of urban design by fusing with social design by multi-party collaboration such as citizens, government, and experts. 　In exploring this ideal, we will pursue research through “Action Research Machizukuri” in the field.

Present specialized field
Town planning/Architectural planning (Keyword：Urban Design, City Planning, Machizukuri, Action Research, Community Design, Workshop, Design Game, Pre & Post Disaster Restoration, High Density Area, Inner City, Regeneration of Housing Complex, Historical District, Town Scape, Landscape Design)

Books
1.	2025/03	Japanese Environmental Design and Management for Sustainable Urbanism │ ,pp.69-84
2.	2020/01	Japanese Machizukuri and Community Engagement: History, Method and Practice │ ,pp.185-194

Papers
1.	2024/11/07	Creating Walkable City through the Tsunami Disaster Recovery Process │ The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning,2024 Annual Confference in Seatle (full paper) │
2.	2024/09	Conditions and Challenges for Residents to Take the Initiative in Disaster Recovery Machizukuri │ ,pp.11-15
3.	2018	THE PROPOSAL OF LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT COEXISTING VISUALIZATION OF COASTAL LANDSCAPE AND RECOGNITION OF EVACUATION DIRECTION IN KESENNUMA CITY, MIYAGI PREFECTURE │ Aij Journal of TECHNOLOGY and Design │ ,pp.363-366
4.	2018	THE PROPOSITION OF LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT IMPROVING THE PARTICULAR STREETSCAPE AND EVACUATION TO THE HIGH GROUNDS IN YOUKAMACHI, KESENNUMA CITY, MIYAGI PREFECTURE │ AIJ Journal of Technology and Design │ ,pp.1097-1100
5.	2017	ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AT THE LOCAL DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION │ Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) │ ,pp.1221-1230
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Winning science prize
1.	2017	GOOD DESIGN AWARD

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2023/09/08 ～ 2028/03/31	Practice of human-centered urban space design based on interactive simulation │ etc.
2.	2023/04/01 ～ 2027/03/31	Consensus-building methods for seawall construction projects: A new collaborative decision making model │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
3.	2023/04/01 ～ 2027/03/31	Methodological development of "watershed spatial design" adapted to climate change │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
4.	2022/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Development of town development workshop method and information database using scenario planning │ Early-Career Scientists
5.	2021/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Temporal consolidation and restructuring of vacant lots and systematization of their management methods │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
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Activity in society
1.	2024/11/16	貴生川特区構想について（地域連携型外国人留学生プログラム）

Message
1.	In the field of urban design and planning, it’s very important to propose the future plan, and build consensus with locals, government, and various stakeholders. But in recent years, urban issues are diverse and complex. They cannot be solved only by proposals of experts like architects or planners. In order to solve the problem, it is necessary to coordinate multiple issues through collaboration of various stakeholders, which we call Machizukuri, the method of urban design and community planning unique to Japan. 　For example, we practiced a method of action research of Machizukuri to promote the restoration plan of Kesennuma City, which was struck by the tsunami by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We held design workshops using 3D models and CCD camera. As a result, the disaster restoration plan with small-scale multi-agent projects chains has determined, and the reconstruction proceeded according to the plan. 　Also taking advantage of the experience through Machizukuri in affected city area, we developed the Pre-Disaster Community-Reconstruction GIS System in order to prepare the collaborative framework assuming the Great Earthquake that will strike in near future in Japan. 　We are conducting practical research and urban and architectural design by collaboration with locals, various experts and students, widely in society, to develop the methodology of urban spatial design.