NIKKEN SEKKEI URBANISM

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Developable land is notoriously sparse in Japan, a fact that has fueled the development and utilization of underground spaces in cities since the late 1960s. Today, urban areas in Japan enjoy excellent connectivity between the station and surrounding neighborhoods, utilizing the subterranean space. The Nikken Group has been associated with and inuenced the technical and physical design of Japan’s major underground spaces over the last 50 years, creating a unique body of experience.We think that the spaces underneath our cities have potential beyond housing technical infrastructure and car parks. Populating underground spaces with commercial uses and integrating them into the circulation routes for pedestrians leads to a better-connected and safer city. Our innovative design process produces comprehensive, three-dimensional design solutions which create synergies for the public realm.The Nikken Group is providing consulting and design services to rapidly developing economies throughout Asia, adding value to projects though the introduction of better linkage and coordination of development activities around station cores. Our technical expertise paired with our experience of regulatory requirements enables us to develop connected, convenient and efcient utilization of underground spaces to the benet of both users and developers.Unlocking underground potential-leveraging the potential of comprehensive, three-dimensional consideration of the public realm.

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