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Landscape Lab
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A lab that explores the design, planning, and history of land and cities through the lens of landscape.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating rich environments through the lens of landscape.
Landscape Lab studies the design, planning, and history of land, cities, and structures through the lens of landscape.
Through landscape, people sense the meaning and value of the environment in which they live.
To create environments that foster rich connections between people and their surroundings, the lab explores the ways of thinking and the methods behind them.
Alongside research published in papers, the lab also places importance on practice, including the design of urban spaces and civil engineering facilities and community development (machizukuri).
Key terms
- Landscape theory
- A field that discusses the relationship between people and their surrounding environment through the lens of landscape
- Community development (machizukuri)
- Efforts in which residents, government, experts, and others work together to improve the daily life and environment of a community
- History of civil engineering
- A field that investigates the history of civil engineering facilities and projects such as bridges, roads, parks, and cities
ResearchResearch themes
Landscape Lab has a strong orientation toward both making things (design) and working with actual cities and national land. It studies how land, cities, and structures "should be," "are now," and "were in the past" from the fields of landscape theory, planning theory, design theory, and the history of civil engineering.
*Illustrative imageLandscape Theory: The Relationship Between People and the Environment
This area discusses the relationship between people and their surrounding environment from a variety of angles. Studies include research on the meaning of the sunset glow as a landscape of the mind, and research that uses psychological experiments to examine the impressions that landscapes give.
*Illustrative imagePlanning Theory: Planning of Cities and Streetscapes
This area discusses analytical methods, planning, and systems for cities and streetscapes. Studies include research on park development and on the reconstruction-oriented community development of Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
*Illustrative imageDesign Theory: Methods of Design
This area proposes new design methodologies for creating actual structures. The lab also studies methods for evaluating the effects of landscape improvement in public spaces developed with resident participation.
*Illustrative imageHistory of Civil Engineering: Past Cities and Structures
This area clarifies the principles and changes in the design of past cities and structures, in order to draw implications for future planning and design. Topics include parks and street trees in modern Tokyo and the history of expressway technology.
MembersFaculty
The members of Landscape Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, research students, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYu Nakai
- Assistant ProfessorKei NakagawaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Hakusui Dam, Oita Prefecture; October 2008 (01)” kentamabuchi / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Landscape Theory: The Relationship Between People and the Environment: “Shiroyone-Senmaida sunset” MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Planning Theory: Planning of Cities and Streetscapes: “Hamacho Park by K.Suzuki in Nihonbashi-Hamacho, Tokyo” K.Suzuki / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Design Theory: Methods of Design: “Ushibuka Hire Bridge, Kaisaikan2” Kenta Mabuchi from Fukuoka, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- History of Civil Engineering: Past Cities and Structures: “Kiyosu-bashi 03” Higa4 / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Region/Information Lab): “Landsat View, Tokyo, Japan - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video” NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (International Project Lab): “DJI 0153-1” SinsiDILINI123 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sawada Lab): “Typhoon In-Fa (MODIS )” MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Sekimoto Lab): “ISS-62 Tokyo, Japan at night” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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