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Formation process of small office building clusters in the inner-city of Tokyo: Toward utilization of aging office buildings

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K18187
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Town planning/Architectural planning
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Yamamura Shu  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 助教 (20732738)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsオフィスストック / 都市計画 / 事業所立地 / 中小老朽化オフィス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Clusters of small office buildings were extracted in the 23wards of Tokyo and the environmental characteristics of these areas were analyzed with statistical indicators. As a result, small office building clusters were divided into five typical patterns.
Also, the following three factors were extracted as major conditions for continuous utilization of small office buildings: (1)"Physical conditions" such as the distance from the city center and the hardware functionality of the buildings; (2)"Business conditions" such as the quality of maintenance, attributes of the tenants, complexity of the immovable property rights; (3)"Market conditions" such as affordable pricing.
From interviews with local real-estate agents, the existence of affordable office supply was regarded, in all clustered areas, as a major factor which attracts small service businesses to the area which implies that small office buildings may function as “nursery beds” for incubating small businesses.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2016

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Contributions from six countries Shu Yamamura and Haruhiko Goto ― Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO
    • Journal Title

      disP -The Planning Review

      Volume: Vol.51.4 Issue: 4 Pages: 30-31

    • DOI

      10.1080/02513625.2015.1134936

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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