2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the creation of environmental coordination space in architectural exterior using moss

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20860076
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Architectural environment/equipment
Research Institution	Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator	MARUI Motofumi Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 環境・建築学部, 講師 (80508341)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	コケ植物 / 建築外部空間 / 人工被覆面 / 生育形態 / 熱・水収支 / 屋外実験 / 2段階SD法 / イメージ抽出
Research Abstract	This study aims to create an environmental coordination space in architectural exterior using moss. Results are as below : 1) Mosses on artificial exterior materials were surveyed. The attachment and growing forms were grouped into about 20 types and 10 typical patterns were extracted. 2) The heat and water balance of moss were measured by outdoor experiment using 3 type mock-ups. 3) The two-stage semantic differential method using human imagination was proposed. Moss images in traditional and modern landscapes were extracted using the method.