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Hokibara Lab
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The lab studies fire-resistant timber buildings and systems that help people evacuate during disasters.
AboutAbout the lab
Buildings that resist fire, buildings people can escape from.
The Hokibara Lab studies fire safety in buildings and how people evacuate when a disaster occurs.
For large and medium-scale tall timber buildings, which are attracting attention for decarbonization and the use of forest resources, the lab is developing theory that links fire protection and fire resistance performance to actual design.
The lab also studies fire safety frameworks for preserving and continuing to use historic timber buildings, and evacuation systems that serve people who are vulnerable in disasters.
Key terms
- Fire protection and fire resistance performance
- The ability of a building to prevent fire from spreading and to keep its structure from collapsing during a fire
- Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings
- Areas designated to protect old townscapes as whole districts, not just individual buildings
- People vulnerable in disasters
- People who have difficulty evacuating during a disaster because of factors such as physical ability, hearing, or the language they use
NewsLab news
An undergraduate student was selected for the collection of outstanding research reports at the Kanto Chapter Research Presentation Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan
A master's student received the Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan
A student received the Young Researcher Award for Outstanding Research Report at the Kanto Chapter Research Presentation Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan
A student received the Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award at the Academic Lecture Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
For large and medium-scale tall timber buildings, which have attracted attention in recent years, the lab aims to understand their fire protection and fire resistance performance and to develop theory that links advanced fire resistance performance to actual design. The lab also works on fire safety frameworks for preserving historic timber buildings while continuing to use them, and on evacuation systems for an increasingly diverse range of people who are vulnerable in disasters.
*Illustrative imageFire-resistant timber buildings
Large and medium-scale tall timber buildings are attracting worldwide attention from the viewpoint of decarbonization and the use of forest resources, but how to assess their fire protection and fire resistance performance is a major challenge. The lab aims to build theory that links advanced fire resistance performance to actual design.
*Illustrative imagePreserving and using historic timber buildings
In historic townscapes such as Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings, in cultural property buildings, and in isolated settlements in mountain areas and on remote islands, it is becoming difficult to maintain the firefighting capacity needed for the scale of fires that could occur. The lab is developing fire safety frameworks that can be sustained over the long term.
*Illustrative imageHuman behavior in disasters
As society becomes more diverse and ages, there are many kinds of people who are vulnerable in disasters, due to factors such as physical ability, hearing, and language. The lab works toward evacuation systems that serve this increasingly diverse group.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Hokibara Lab are faculty and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTomoyo Hokibara
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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: “Brettsperrholzkonstruktion” RoterRolf / CC0 (cropped)
- Fire-resistant timber buildings: “Surface of Yakisugi” japanese_craft_construction / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Preserving and using historic timber buildings: “Tsuyama City, Johto Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings ( )” 津山市立図書館 Public Library of Tsuyama / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Human behavior in disasters: “Evacuation Chair Photographed by MECSL” Keith.bailey92 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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