2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering

Building Production

Academic unit or major: Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Instructor(s): Undecided
Class Format: Lecture
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms)
Class: -
Course Code: ARC.A307
Number of credits: 200
Course offered: 2025
Offered quarter: 4Q
Syllabus updated: Mar 19, 2025
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The instructor will lecture on the process of building production and construction, with visits to building construction sites and a research institute.
・Students will enhance the sense of purpose on their studies and research, by recognizing the production process of buildings, and how their understanding of various lectures or research activities will be useful in the actual production activities of architecture.
・Students will raise awareness that “Actions and materials for construction are necessary to realize design, structure, and functionality”, by deepening the understanding of the construction process, construction planning, and construction management of buildings.

Course description and aims

1. Students will be able to envision how their understanding of various lectures and research activities can contribute to actual building production activities, by recognizing the production process of buildings.
2. Students will be able to envision some of the actions and materials necessary to realize the design, structure, and functions required for buildings, by deepening their understanding of the construction process, construction planning, and construction management.
3. In addition to the above, it is expected that students will acquire the knowledge presented in lectures about the production process and construction techniques of buildings.

Keywords

Building production, Building construction, Building construction site visit, Corporate Social Responsibility, Building equipment, Building design, Research, Land development, Nuclear power plant

Competencies

Specialist skills
Intercultural skills
Communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Intercultural skill, Specialist skill, Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Introduction to building production	To understand the building industry
Class 2	Building production-1	To understand building production
Class 3	Visit to building construction site -part.1	To visit and understand building construction site
Class 4	Visit to building construction site -part.2	To visit and understand building construction site *Held on the same day as part.1
Class 5	Building production-2	To understand the relationship between design and building production
Class 6	Building production-3	To understand the relationship between building equipment and building production
Class 7	Building production-4	To understand planning of building construction
Class 8	Building production-5	To understand management of building construction
Class 9	Building production-6	To understand development jobs
Class 10	Special lecture	To understand construction of nuclear power plant
Class 11	Corporate Social Responsibility	To understand Corporate Social Responsibility
Class 12	Visit to research institute developing technique related to building construction -part.1	To visit and understand research related to building production
Class 13	Visit to research institute developing technique related to building construction -part.2	To visit and understand research related to building production *Held on the same day as part.1
Class 14	Conclusion	To conclude this class

Study advice (preparation and review)

This class generally requires to submit a lecture report for every session, for students to remember what they have learned in lectures by reflecting on it and expressing it in their own words.
In a specific session, this class assign students a task to consider how the technology or insights contribute to building production process, to encourage the achievement of learning outcome １.

Textbook(s)

N.A.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Handouts are provided during class.

Evaluation methods and criteria

This class assess the achievement of the learning outcomes through lecture reports, assignments, and the final exam.
（Reports 40％：Assignments 20％：Exam 40％）
On learning outcome１, this class assign a task to consider how technology or knowledge contributes to the production process of architecture. (Evaluate the submissions and their content.)
On learning outcome２, this class asks the knowledge acquired through the lectures in the final exam. Responses will be evaluated.
On learning outcome３, this class evaluates the submission of lecture reports and their content.

Related courses

N.A.

Prerequisites

N.A.