【Advance Notice】 Special Issue "Nikken Green Journey ―Designing the future of city and nature" on Sale December 15, 2025 !

AXIS Inc. will release the special issue of Design Magazine AXIS , titled "Nikken Green Journey ―Designing the future of city and nature" , on December 15, 2025.

The accelerating pace of global warming, a succession of natural disasters, and the continuing loss of biodiversity ―we are now compelled to fundamentally rethink how we relate to nature. Under the theme of Green Recovery, Nikken Sekkei has explored visions for nature-positive cities, strategies for restoring greenery, and ways to make the value of green spaces visible. Drawing on the outcomes of these studies, this volume follows Nikken Sekkei's landscape architects as they engage in dialogues with leading experts and embark on journeys through cities and landscapes across the world, seeking new possibilities for the future.

Contents

Tripartite Discussion: Why consider the future of city and nature now?
Noriko Matsuda, Associate Professor (PhD) at Kyoto Prefectural University,
with Yoshiaki Komatsu and Shoji Kaneko of Urban and Civil Project Department, Nikken Sekkei

Four Strategies for Recovering Greenery in Cities 
Bringing nature closer to urban areas through its integration with architecture/ Connecting urban nature with POPS (Privately Owned Public Spaces)/ Enriching the public realm with civic engagement/ Expanding greenery through infrastructure renewal

Tripartite Discussion: Through the history and philosophy of landscape design
Akiko Iida, Project Lecturer at School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo,
with Taku Suzuki and Hiroki Yagi of Urban and Civil Project Department, Nikken Sekkei

Discussion: Envisioning tomorrow's landscapes
Mamoru Taniguchi, Professor at the Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Division of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, with Daisuke Nishi of Civil Project Department, Nikken Sekkei

Discussion: A vision of city and greenery seen through dialogue on Grand Green Osaka
Architect Ryuji Fujimura & Yoshiaki Komatsu, Urban and Civil Project Department, Nikken Sekkei

Midori no Monosashi "Greenery Gauge"
A guide to creating better spaces

Roundtable Discussion: The new landscape ahead-Insights from Nikken Green Journey
Akinori Kuramoto, Yuki Iwata, Yuzo Okawa, and Tomoko Hirayama of Urban and Civil Project Department, Nikken Sekkei

The history of the relationship between cities, people, and nature
Social change seen through landscape (1980-2025)

In search of landscaping that connects to the future
Nikken Sekkei's landscape design challenge

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