Welcome to Hokkaido University Architectural Planning Laboratory
Our laboratory aims to realize a socially, culturally, and economically human-scale living environment in terms of architecture and urban planning and design. We are working globally and internationally to explore next-generation planning that contributes to improving the quality of life and well-being in a broad sense.
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What's New
□ The Kamishihoro Town Hall (for which our laboratory was responsible for the conceptual design through the basic design phase) has obtained ZEB certification at the highest level, known as “Full ZEB.” Existing Town Hall Building: 100% energy reduction, BEI 0.00; New Building: 101% energy reduction, BEI −0.01. (June 26, 2026)
□ The 2025 Impact Factor for the international journal JAABE (Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering), for which Professor Mori serves as Editor-in-Chief, was 2.6, marking a 1.0-point increase from last year. JAABE is a leading international architecture journal in Asia, jointly published by the Architectural Institute of Japan, the Chinese Society of Architecture, and the Architectural Society of Korea. (June 22, 2026)
□ A Note article by the Hokkaido University-Local Government Collaboration Forum has been published regarding Professor Mori’s lecture in Kunneppu Town. (June 12, 2026)
□ Sapporo Station East Area: An interview with Professor Mori Suguru regarding the redevelopment project in the Kita 6-jo Higashi 3-chome district—which includes residential areas, urban parks, commercial facilities, hotels, and hospitals—has been published. (May 27, 2026)
□ The Urban Design Center Tomakomai website has been launched. Professor Suguru Mori will serve as the center director. (2025.3.7)
□ Professor Suguru Mori's commentary on the revitalization of central city areas in regional cities was broadcast on STV News Hokkaido. (2024.12.7)
□ Urban Design Center Tomakomai (UDC Tomakomai) was established. Professor Mori Suguru will serve as the center director. (2024.10.31)
□ Nanase Kuroda's (B4) proposal won the Part-time Lecturer Award in the 2023 Graduation Design Selection Review. (2024.2.22)
□ The English book “Community Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific Region” edited by Professor Suguru Mori has been published.(2024.2.19) *Can be purchased from Amazon in Japan
□ An article introducing the basic design proposal for the Kamishihoro Town Hall (wooden extension + central building 3 → 2nd floor reduction), which our laboratory is in charge of, was published in the Hokkaido Construction Newspaper on December 14, 2023. (2023.12.14)
□ Gentai Obuse (M.A., 2019) received the 2023 Urban Society of Japan Paper Award for his peer-reviewed paper, "Analysis of Issues in Local Livelihoods from the Perspective of Trial and Error in Creating Mobile Vending Usage Bases : Focusing on Business Development in Depopulated Areas in Hokkaido, Japan". (2023.11.4)
□ Professor Suguru Mori has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering.(2023.11.1)
□ Professor Suguru Mori has contributed to the improvement of the quality of the Journal of the Architectural Institute of Japan through more than a certain number of excellent reviews in the Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan, and has been awarded as a distinguished reviewer of the Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan. (2023.4.14)