Basic Design
-Creating a beautiful landscape-
Human Beings and Nature: Planning the Infrastructure
The infrastructure represents both the stage
for the regional culture and the foundation
of the people's social and economic efficiency.
Today, challenging environmental problems
such as global warming and loss of biodiversity
should be part of the planning of the infrastructure
of our society.
NIT's distinctive approach to infrastructure
planning is to :
･assess the true improvement to life quality.
･recognize and strengthen the potential
of
the existing system.
･evaluate the possibility of maintaining
the environmental conditions, in other words,
the balance between the anthroposphere and
the environment.
･use the methods of near-natural construction
to improve the self-healing power of damaged
ecosystems. |
We apply to design and planning the results
of research on natural and social systems,
and propose new methods of planning and construction
that minimize the impact of the infrastructure
on the environment.
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Ohata River,Aomori Pref.
The recovery work of Ohata River, once considered
dead under past flood-control construction,
lasted for only 6 hours. Yet, a month later,
the local newspaper declared: “Thanks to
near-natural construction work, the ayu has
revived.”
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Ide River, Iwate Pref.
Stone is gaining high attention in recent
hydraulic engineering works. On-site rocks
of varying size and shape are carefully chosen
and positioned appropriately.
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Yakushima, Kagoshima Pref.
The increasing number of tourists has made
the reconstruction of old mountain trails
a necessity. The conservation of the surrounding
nature is the main challenge here.
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