In his book, Streets for People, Vienna-born Bernard Rudofsky describes the role of pavements as existing for the people who walk along them. He suggests that they have become a reality full of human meaning, and since they encompass volume rather than area,pavements should foster the unique life of an urban community.

Using the landscape as a canvas for art does not mean employing street performers or placing two-dimensional art along the roadside. Rather it involves “landscape design flow”in which public and private pavement areas are comprehensively designed as three-dimensional spaces.

Using the landscape as a canvas for art does not mean employing street performers or placing two-dimensional art along the roadside.Rather it involves “landscape design flow” in which public and private pavement areas are comprehensively designed as three-dimensional spaces.

This involves listening to the earth, and employing a design concept that is in agreement with the total landscape philosophy called genius loci, or spirit of place. We must unearth the characteristics that every location possesses, and use the artistic elements that comprise the total landscape, which is the creation of “design relationships” with humankind.Herein lie the roots of creative expression to design oases in the landscape.

In his book, Streets for People, Vienna-born Bernard Rudofsky describes the role of pavements as existing for the people who walk along them. He suggests that they have become a reality full of human meaning, and since they encompass volume rather than area,pavements should foster the unique life of an urban community.

In the streets and squares of Italian cities, residents gather in a daily ritual to create a kind of scene, as if to celebrate life.Pavements serve as places for social interaction much like a living room.When considering this, the packaging artist Christo Javacheff expressed the same kind of nuance. Namely, that field art is indeed a socia activity, and a form of communication. By increasing awareness of pavements as communication art and an urban stage where all kinds of human drama is carried out, they will become more diverse places.

The words of R. Halprin further emphasize and deepen this point.Just as an outstanding piece of theater is not dependent solely on the stage equipment, simply having good buildings will not create an enjoyable urban area. The element that supports both buildings and stages is human interaction. It is essential for people to create harmony for an ideal environment.

Elements & Total Concept of Urban Pavement Design

Introduction Pavement in Landscape Experience Garrett Eckbo

Word From The Supervisor: The Floorscape as Seen in Total Landscape Design Tooru Miyakoda

Preface: Possibilities of Floorscape Design Kiyofusa Hiramatsu

    Yamashita Park’s Renewal Project and Urban Design Toshio Nishiwaki

Chapter 1. Total Landscape Design and Pavement: The Concept

      Renewal of Yamashita Park

      Pavement of the Yokohama Expo. 89

      The International Culture City “Future Harbor 21”

      Makuhari Messe

      Shinjuku MOA Streets

      Historical Promnade

      Shin-Tokigawa Bridge

      Tokyo Technical College

      Nagoya City Museum

      Contemporary Museum Zone, Hijiyama Park

      Tamagawa Takashima-ya SC Pavement

      Sendal Paseo & Pavement

      Tadeshina Plateau Artistic Forest

      Kosaka Community Forest

      Belle Park City & Pavement

      Forest Park for All Seasons

      Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park

      Katabiragawa River Park

      Otonashigawa River Park

Chapter 2. Total Landscape Design and Pavement: The Multifarious Roles

      Road

      Bridge & Pedestrian Bridge

      Station Plaza

      School

      Museum

      Group Houses

      Building/Commercial Building

      Park

      Garden & Pavement

      Turf & Pavement

      Others

      Index

      Cooperation

      Postscript