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Dohi Lab
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A lab that studies and designs communities and landscapes as a whole.
AboutAbout the lab
Fostering diversity in environments and cities.
The Dohi Lab studies the design of communities and landscapes.
Using urban gardens and open spaces as clues, it examines how people relate to their environment.
It uses analytical methods such as GIS and statistics together with design methods such as workshops, CG, and full-scale models, depending on the situation.
The lab aims to be a place where each person finds something worth doing through dialogue with themselves, other members, and society.
Key terms
- Landscape
- The overall scenery of a place, created by buildings, roads, greenery, water, and other elements together
- Open space
- An open area of a city that is not covered by buildings, such as a plaza or park
- GIS
- A geographic information system that overlays data such as population and buildings on a map for analysis
ResearchResearch themes
Both communities and landscapes are defined by a wholeness that cannot be separated into parts. The Dohi Lab seeks solutions that contribute to that wholeness, working on both survey and analysis and on design.
*Illustrative imageRemaking the city like a garden
A garden reflects an individual's life and values, and it is also shaped by the cultural values and norms of its time. By reassembling urban elements the way a garden is composed, the lab aims to reexamine those values and norms and to share the joy of living in the city.
*Illustrative imageDiversity of environments and communities
The relationships that people living in a city form with birds, small animals, insects, and plants are endless. The lab studies what a city needs in order to support those relationships and be a space that allows diversity.
*Illustrative imageThe poetics of open space
Open spaces such as plazas have long served as stage settings where people's joys and sufferings are expressed. Today, when diversity has increased markedly, the lab studies their practical value.
*Illustrative imageDepicting the invisible city
A city takes on a hundred different appearances depending on the viewer's position, and only a small part of it is visible in daily life. The lab studies, from the perspective of vulnerable people, how the city looks to people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness.
MembersFaculty
The Dohi Lab's members include faculty, technical staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2023
- ProfessorMasato Dohi
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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: “Urban green space - geograph.org.uk - 8264747” Graham Hogg / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Remaking the city like a garden: “Vancouver (BC, Canada), Comox Street, Urban gardening” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Diversity of environments and communities: “Urban wildlife, heron at Brentford Basin - geograph.org.uk - 4040922” Stefan Czapski / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- The poetics of open space: “Plaza de la Villa de Arévalo” Javier Pérez Montes / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Depicting the invisible city: “Narrow back alley in Kōenji, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, 2024 May” Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (真野研究室): “Residential by Zenpukuji River in Horinouchi, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, 2024 May” Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (大森研究室): “Airborne imagery Mt. Fuji and Tokyo ( )” Kentaro Iemoto / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (塩崎研究室): “Architectural Model ( )” THOR / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (能作文徳研究室): “Traditional Japanese style houses in Miyajidake-jinja 01” STA3816 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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