At the poster presentation (student/researcher category) of the "Green Infrastructure Network Japan 2026" held at Tokyo Big Sight from Wednesday, January 28th to Friday, January 30th, research from the Yamashita Sanpei Laboratory of the Department Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering Department of Civil and Urban Design Engineering, and collaborative research by Professor Yamashita, won the "Excellent Award," and research from the Iyooka Hiroki Laboratory of the same department won the "Encouragement Award."
[Excellent Award]
■ "Measurement and evaluation of the rainwater management function of dry landscape gardens and proposals for rain garden designs based on the results"
With the theme of "watershed flood control," the presentation included research results that provided academic evidence based on actual measurement data and concrete examples of how to implement green infrastructure in the field.
Yamashita Sanpei Laboratory
Yuuki Tsukui (4th year / Munakata High School)
Emi Asasaki (4th year student, Okayama Technical High School)
Student comment (Tsukui): "I worked on this research as part of my graduation thesis, and the most difficult part was creating the fourth chapter, which proposes a new rain garden design. There were no precedents, so we had to go through a lot of trial and error, but we got through it by actively consulting with our professor and fellow members and adopting a 'give it a try' attitude. I would be happy if the results of this research can contribute to the spread of rain gardens in the future."
■ "Spatial composition of plants and landscape stones in the garden behind the head priest's chamber at Shokokuji Temple"
Joint research with Professor Yamashita, Kyoto University, and Kyoto University of Advanced Science
■ "Physical environment and distribution of mosses in the garden behind the Shokokuji temple"
Collaborative research with Professor Yamashita and Kyoto University
[Encouragement Award]
■ "Tannohara River Project - A small restoration of the natural environment of a river that flows near the university"
A presentation was given on the environmental conservation activities that have started at Karanohara River, adjacent to the university.
Hiroki Iyooka Laboratory
Assistant Professor Masaaki Furuno
Ao Aminaka (3 Year: Oita National College of Technology)
Masataka Iwashita (1 Year/Oki Gakuen High School)
Morita Shu (1 Year/Fukuoka Institute of Technology Joto High School)
Student comment (Mr. Morita): "We worked together, exchanging lots of ideas about how to maximize the impact we could achieve within our own capabilities. We would like to use what we learned from this project in our future environmental studies. We hope that the purpose of this project, that 'anyone can take part in the restoration of nature in their own neighborhood,' will spread to many people."
[Department of Civil and Urban Design Engineering]
