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Civil Engineering Design Lab
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A design research lab that co-creates public spaces, starting from the perspectives of social minorities.

AboutAbout the lab
Co-creating public spaces, starting from minorities
Associate Professor Satoshi Hano specializes in civil engineering design and social inclusion design, and works on the co-creation of public spaces, starting from social minorities.
The listed research themes are minority-centered co-creation design, the design of inclusive public spaces, public spaces that carry on local memory, and the philosophy of civil engineering design.
Except for the philosophy of civil engineering design, the themes are presented as "practice-based research."
Key terms
- Co-creation
- Thinking about and building a design together with the people it concerns
- Everyday landscape (seikatsu-kei)
- Familiar scenery that has formed through the daily life of a local community
- Civil engineering heritage
- Civil engineering structures of historical value
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on the co-creation design of public spaces, starting from social minorities. Its research approaches the topic from angles such as disability, social inclusion, local memory, and the philosophy of civil engineering design.
*Illustrative imageMinority-Centered Co-Creation Design
Practice-based research on co-creation design that starts from minorities. The keywords listed are social inclusion, public space, disability, co-creation, inclusion, and minority design.
*Illustrative imageInclusive Public Space Design
Practice-based research on the design of inclusive public spaces. The keywords listed are social implementation, integrated knowledge, disability, and inclusion.
*Illustrative imagePublic Spaces That Connect Local Memory
Practice-based research on public spaces that carry on local memory. The keywords listed are the declining birthrate and aging population, intergenerational exchange, children, passing on memory, everyday landscapes (seikatsu-kei), and small-scale civil engineering.
*Illustrative imagePhilosophy of Civil Engineering Design
Research on the philosophy of civil engineering design. The keywords listed are the philosophy of public design, the history of modern design, and civil engineering heritage.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorSatoshi Hano
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Tactile paving in China 2” Mx. Granger / CC0 (cropped)
- Minority-Centered Co-Creation Design: “Tactile paving, Albert Street, Brisbane CBD L1030414” John Robert McPherson / CC0 (cropped)
- Inclusive Public Space Design: “Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha sunken accessible walkway P1050573” John Robert McPherson / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Public Spaces That Connect Local Memory: “Street Scene in Old Town - Gifu - Japan ( )” Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Philosophy of Civil Engineering Design: “Lock 5, Delaware Canal, Yardley, PA - 2025” Zeete / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Civil Engineering Design Lab): “Granite Falls Pedestrian Bridge CF NE” Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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