Kogakuin University exhibited at the 2018nd "Earthquake Countermeasure Technology Exhibition" Yokohama to be held at Pacifico Yokohama on February 2th and 8th, 9.Introducing the efforts and results of "area disaster prevention" and "disaster prevention unique to Shinjuku" in the area around Shinjuku Station by the university, which has a campus at the west exit of Shinjuku.
Kogakuin University was adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's "Private University Research Branding Project" in 2016, with the theme of "Development and social implementation of area disaster prevention activity support technology by integrating architecture and informatics for huge cities and compound disasters". 』Efforts have been accelerated. While conducting various researches toward the realization of a "city that does not need to escape," he is leading the Shinjuku Station Area Disaster Prevention Measures Council as "disaster prevention unique to Shinjuku," making use of his experience during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
At the 22nd "Earthquake Disaster Countermeasure Technology Exhibition" Yokohama, in addition to introducing these activities on a panel, the "Evacuation Center Opening Kit" that supports the smooth opening and operation of evacuation centers and the ceiling fall that is actually installed at the university Exhibit prevention equipment.In addition, from 2:8 on February 14, Professor Yoshiaki Hisada of the Department of Town Development, Faculty of Architecture will hold a seminar on the theme of "earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation of buildings and towns learned from the earthquake".
