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IT Communication Design Lab
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A lab that uses information technology to design new ways of using cities and architecture.
AboutAbout the lab
New ways to use cities and buildings, opened up by information technology
The IT Communication Design Lab designs new ways of using cities and architecture that are opened up by information technology.
It works on workplace design for creative group work, and on spatial communication design for sharing information.
It is also involved in designing the preservation and use of the Nakahama Elementary School earthquake disaster ruins, and in creating places where children can learn while playing at construction sites.
The lab also takes part in the activities of the Field Design Center of the Graduate School of Engineering, which addresses social issues through collaboration across disciplines.
Key terms
- Workplace
- A place where people work; the term is used when considering not only the layout of desks and rooms but also ways of working
- Earthquake disaster ruins (shinsai ikō)
- Buildings and other structures damaged in an earthquake disaster that are kept standing rather than demolished, in order to pass on the memory of the disaster
- Field Design Center
- An organization within the Graduate School of Engineering that addresses social issues through collaboration across disciplines
NewsLab news
The "Children's Construction Site Project," co-organized with the Nishiwaki Lab, gets under way
AOB: Alternative Office Book 06 Bridge, a booklet for thinking about offices, is completed
ResearchResearch themes
The lab designs new ways of using cities and architecture that are opened up by information technology, aiming to create environments where people can make full use of their abilities together. Its research is carried out in connection with real places such as offices, construction sites, and earthquake disaster ruins.
*Illustrative imageInformation technology and spatial design
The lab designs new ways of using cities and architecture that are opened up by information technology, and works on spatial communication design for sharing information.
*Illustrative imageWorkplace design
The lab studies the design of offices that serve as places for creative group work. Since 2016, in joint research with Okamura, it has published AOB: Alternative Office Book, a booklet series for thinking about new offices.
*Illustrative imageDesigning earthquake disaster ruins
Associate Professor Motoe was involved as director in the preservation and use of the Nakahama Elementary School earthquake disaster ruins in Yamamoto Town. The process of keeping the tsunami-damaged school building in place and designing the visitor experience, including guidebooks, models, and video, has been summarized in a paper.
*Illustrative imageConstruction sites where children play
In joint research with the Tomoya Nishiwaki Lab since October 2025, the lab is creating a permanent space around the perimeter of the construction site of the new main building of Sendai City Hall, where children can drop in after school or on weekends and learn about architecture and urban development while playing.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorMasashige Motoe
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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: “Central Library, Indianapolis Public Library, The Learning Curve” MSwierenga / CC0 (cropped)
- Information technology and spatial design: “Laptop and small plant on a desk in a modern workspace during daylight hours” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Workplace design: “Coucher de soleil au bureau” Musicaline / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Designing earthquake disaster ruins: “Nakahama Elementary School” 七厩拓 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Construction sites where children play: “Crane on Akihabara Center Place Building construction site ( by OiMax)” OiMax / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Urban Design Lab): “Ushitsu town aerial shot” ブルーノ・
プラス / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (Computational Safety Engineering Lab): “US Navy 110318-M-HU778-007 An aerial view of Ishinomaki, Japan, a week after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan Johnson / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Spatial Planning Science Lab): “Aerial view of suburban housing in Blacklick, Ohio, October 2024” Pi. / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Welfare Architecture Lab): “Classroom” strngwrldfrwl from Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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