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Landscape Design Lab
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The lab designs the landscapes of towns, streets, and waterfronts, and interprets the value of scenery.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading landscapes and designing spaces
The Landscape Design Lab studies the landscape design of public spaces such as streets, parks and plazas, and waterfronts, as well as urban infrastructure facilities.
It interprets how landscapes come about and how people perceive them, using perspectives from geography, sociology, and folklore studies as well as image analysis.
Building on this, the lab actually designs and proposes spaces and facilities that harmonize with people and the environment and encourage cultural activities.
It covers a broad range of fields centered on landscape, from landscape planning and urban design to urban policy.
Key terms
- Civic design
- Design that shapes public spaces and facilities such as streets, plazas, and bridges from the perspective of citizens' daily lives
- Keiiki (landscape zone)
- The extent of a landscape that spreads out as a coherent whole, such as rivers, hills, and mountain foothills
- Heritage of modernization
- Railways, canals, bridges, factories, and other structures built since the Meiji era that have been recognized as having historical value
NewsLab news
A paper on modern flood control projects and the formation of scenic landscapes was published in the Journal of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
An overview article by Associate Professor Keita Yamaguchi was published in Toshi to Kotsu (Urban and Transport) of the Japan Transportation Association
A commentary by Associate Professor Keita Yamaguchi was published in Kasen (River) of the Japan River Association
A paper on flood countermeasures in the Arashiyama area and the preservation of landscape value was published in the Journal of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
A student who completed the master's program received an award for an outstanding presentation upon completion
ResearchResearch themes
The lab is built on three pillars: analysis of landscapes and landscape zones (keiiki), design theory for public spaces and infrastructure facilities, and urban design. Moving back and forth between research that interprets how landscapes come about and practice that designs actual spaces, the lab explores how cities and regions can be in harmony with people and the environment.
*Illustrative imageLandscape design of public spaces and infrastructure
The lab addresses civic design of public spaces such as streets, parks and plazas, and waterfronts, as well as landscape design of facilities such as expressways and terminals.
*Illustrative imageAnalyzing how landscape zones come about
Focusing on waterways such as rivers and canals, and on landscape zones of hills and mountain foothills, the lab analyzes topography and sites using GIS and CG and examines view characteristics, in order to clarify exemplary design techniques.
*Illustrative imageDiscovering the cultural value of landscapes
For heritage of modernization such as canals, stations, parks, and bridges, and for long-established famous sites and scenic spots, the lab discovers the cultural and scenic value of the landscapes handed down in cities, through analysis of historical materials, literature, and media.
*Illustrative imageCities of peace and well-being that enhance human capability
Addressing regional issues such as disasters, healthcare, community, and the environment, the lab studies how to build Japanese-style healthy cities, under the themes of rich amenities and coexistence with nature.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Landscape Design Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, and master's and undergraduate students.
- ProfessorMasashi Kawasaki
- Associate ProfessorKeita Yamaguchi
- Assistant ProfessorRiku Tanigawa
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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: “Croix parc mallet stevens tunnel” Velvet / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Landscape design of public spaces and infrastructure: “388 Greenwich Street Plaza td” Tdorante10 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Analyzing how landscape zones come about: “Honedera Village Manor (Ichinoseki Motodera) 1” Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Discovering the cultural value of landscapes: “Rice terrace in Oku-Izumo Cultural Landscape 03” Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Cities of peace and well-being that enhance human capability: “Heian-no-Kaze-wataru Park 20190503” 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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