This Learning Will Eventually Open Up the Future of Cities
Our civic design must be based on local nature, history, culture and industry, together with basic infrastructure. Cities must be safe, secure and comfortable both in hard and soft aspects. Moreover, civic designmust boost local power. School of Sustainable Design merges three disciplines; 1) Earth Science, 2) Civil and Traffic Planning/Design and 3) Materials Science and Engineering. We provide students with academic opportunities which enable them to contribute to the development of safe and secure cities and to enhance local vitality. Toyama has spectacular landscape ranging from 3,000 m high mountains to 1,000 m deep sea. Toyama plays leading roles in advanced civic design, which are top level in Japan and known internationally. Having Toyama as an ideal field for practice, students can acquire knowledge and skill essential for civic design.
Message from the Dean
Let’s Design a Sustainable Society in the Faculty of Urban Design
Dean of the School of Sustainable Design
Kazuaki Yasunaga
The English name of the Faculty of Urban Design is “School of Sustainable Design.” “Sustainable” means “capable of being maintained,” a term often seen and heard in the context of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). “Design” refers to the process of planning and creating, and in fields like architecture and art, it also includes the meaning of “creative.” Thus, the Faculty of Urban Design aims to cultivate individuals who can creatively solve various issues in building a sustainable society.
The three departments of the Faculty of Urban Design consider a “sustainable future” from social, technological, and environmental perspectives, based on specialized and deep knowledge in their respective fields. In the latter half of the third year, when students have acquired solid expertise, all departments collaborate to identify and solve (regional and social) issues. Here, with data science knowledge as a common foundation, the different specialties of the three departments interact to create realistic yet creative solutions.
Why not challenge yourself to “create the future” through such chemical reactions in this faculty?
Departments
- Department of Earth System Science
- Department of Civil Design and Engineering
- Department of Materials Design and Engineering