Kumiko Honda, Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Shibaura Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator, Behavioral Architecture and Urban Design Laboratory (BAUD Lab)
Kumiko Honda is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at Shibaura Institute of Technology, where she leads the Behavioral Architecture and Urban Design Laboratory (BAUD Lab) as its Principal Investigator.
Her research investigates how people interpret space and how those interpretations shape their behavior, drawing on the semiotics of the philosopher Charles S. Peirce as its theoretical foundation. By combining data that capture people's interpretations of space through words and images with objectively measured behavioral data, she aims to develop an integrated understanding of the relationships among space, meaning, and behavior.
She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto University. Before joining Shibaura Institute of Technology, she worked as an urban planning consultant at Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI), where she was involved in smart city and mobility-oriented urban development projects. Her current work focuses on the design of mobility hubs and on data-driven spatial proposals that enrich people's everyday mobility.
Behavioral Architecture and Urban Design Lab
Department of Architecture, Shibaura Institute of Technology
3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
For research collaboration and press inquiries, please get in touch.
honda [at] sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp
Official pages
Faculty profile, Shibaura Institute of Technology: https://www.shibaura-it.ac.jp/faculty/laboratory/00345.html
Lab page on the Department of Architecture website: https://www.arch.shibaura-it.ac.jp/Honda-Lab?lang=en
researchmap: https://researchmap.jp/kumiko_honda