Sub-Committee on Life Safety Design, AIJ
Japanese / English
Purpose
As buildings have come to be designed to be higher, bigger, and more complex, with the help of more sophisticated technologies, planning and design of such buildings has gained more importance from the viewpoint of occupant safety.
Sub-Committee on Life Safety Design has previously been involved in the discussion of emergency preparedness from the viewpoint of architectural planning, and has proposed methodologies toward the realization of safer buildings.
The changing conditions that surround current buildings have made it more vital for safety planning and design to include factors of human behavior and building management in addition to physical design against disasters.
This subcommittee aims at the realization of rational and effective safety of buildings through proposal of basic safety concepts and methods of safety planning. To attain the goal, emphasis is given on both safety of daily living and during emergencies. Case studies of disasters, and questionnaires will be conducted to reveal problems of safety in buildings, required level of safety, or problems inherent in building planning and design. Such results will be reported, analyzed to contribute to the improvement of building safety.
Expected results within coming years
Building features such as "collective," "multiple," "varied," are chosen as
representative problems that affect safety of buildings, and their implication will be discussed from different viewpoints. It is expected that risk factors that arose with new building shapes and technologies will be made clear.
Safety in Building Design Symposium:
The subcommittee plans to have a series of symposia on safety of buildings.
The first one will be held in the afternoon (13:30-17:00) of 29 January 1997
, at the AIJ conference room.
Tentative program
- Introductory remarks
- Why buildings become complex/collective?
- Limits of collectiveness from the users' viewpoint: Kazuto Hayashida(Waseda University)
- Complexity/collectiveness as seen from the space size
- Limits of collectiveness from the function and management of buildings
- Safety related problems of large scale, complexities and possible solutions: Yoshiyuki Yoshida (Takenaka Corporation)
Attendance fee: expected to be 3000 Yen including preprints.
Participation is first come, first served basis.
Inquiries: Mr. Hamada, AIJ, tel. 03-3456-2051; fax. 03-3456-2058