ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USING 1/10 ASSEMBLY HOUSE MODEL

The aim of this study was to develop effective teaching tools and methods of safe building architectural education for junior high school students. Twenty sets of 1/10 assembly models constructed based on a conventional wooden framework were developed. Architectural lectures concerning wooden construction, earthquake resistant construction, and planning of houses were conducted for 607 junior high school students in Nagaoka city during 2010-2014. The questionnaire results confirmed the effect of architectural education using models. The understanding of the lectures was 77-90% in the Junior high school second grade and 86-97% in the Junior high school third grade.