Nikken Sekkei Presents an Exhibition Visualizing 15 Years of Digital Design and “Connections of Knowledge”
“From Accumulated Information and Intelligence to Design Wisdom” Exhibition
~Exploring the Future Possibilities of Design Through Knowledge and Experience Accumulated from Over 450 Projects~

Nikken Sekkei Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: President and CEO:Atsushi Omatsu; hereinafter “Nikken Sekkei”) will host the digital design exhibition “Information × Intelligence — From Accumulation to Design Wisdom —” on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Building.

Digital Design Exhibition: “Information × Intelligence — Transforming Accumulated Knowledge into Design Wisdom —”
Dates: Monday, November 16, 2026 – Friday, January 29, 2027
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. *Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and during the year-end and New Year holidays (December 26, 2026–January 4, 2027)
Venue: Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Building, 1st and 2nd Floors
2-18-3 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Organizer: Nikken Sekkei, Ltd.
Organized by: DDL Division (Digital Design Lab)

This exhibition looks back on the digital design practices that Nikken Sekkei’s Digital Design Lab (hereinafter referred to as DDL) has been engaged in for approximately 15 years, while also visualizing the information, knowledge, and experience accumulated through more than 450 projects, as well as the interconnections among them.Through the deliberation processes and research and development case studies from past projects, as well as an “Atlas” illustrating the relationships between projects, we will showcase our journey to date and demonstrate how our accumulated knowledge can lead to future design. We look forward to welcoming you to the exhibition.

Since 2011, Nikken Sekkei has been accumulating experience in design practices that utilize a wide range of digital technologies in the fields of architecture and urban planning, including environmental simulation, data visualization, automated design, XR, user interfaces, and digital fabrication. What we have accumulated through these efforts goes beyond individual technologies and deliverables.It is the process itself—of interpreting real-world data, transforming it into meaningful information, elevating it to knowledge that can be applied to design, and further refining it into practical wisdom gained through experience. Furthermore, technologies, insights, and ideas have been interconnected across different projects and passed down to inform subsequent designs.
On the other hand, as the volume, complexity, and dispersion of data increase, there is no shortage of accumulated data that humans alone cannot decipher—data that lies dormant, never fully transformed into information or knowledge.
In this exhibition, “Information × Intelligence,” we reexamine the accumulation of information, knowledge, and experience spanning approximately 15 years—not merely as a record of past activities, but as a new intellectual foundation to support future design.By reinterpreting our past practices as intellectual assets for the future, we present the potential for accumulated knowledge and experience to lead to new designs, along with the prospects for such developments.

This exhibition presents the history of digital design at DDL through three distinct themes.
We will display a large-screen map analyzing the connections between DDL’s past projects and the research and development of new technologies that lead to new business opportunities, allowing visitors to explore it through physical interaction. We will also showcase the development of “pseudo-lumber”—a material that efficiently transforms small-diameter timber into building materials—as well as a system that displays 3D cross-sectional models when a blueprint is inserted.

On the first floor, we showcase not only the completed buildings and deliverables from DDL’s past projects, but also the deliberation process and trial-and-error involved in bringing those designs to life.
Through exhibits showcasing the design processes and deliverables from past projects, we look back on the evolution of design utilizing digital technology.

Here, we are exhibiting “Atlas,” a tool that provides an overview of more than 450 past projects and visualizes the relationships between them.Even among projects that appear unrelated at first glance, there are common technologies, insights, and themes that have been interconnected and passed down to subsequent projects. Through “Atlas,” we present the connections between the knowledge and experience accumulated over the past 15 years.

On the second floor, we will showcase interactive exhibits that visitors can actually pick up and operate. Through these exhibits, visitors will be able to see, touch, and experience firsthand how the design practices introduced on the first floor, along with the technology and knowledge accumulated from them, have come together.

Nikken Sekkei’s Tech Design Group’s Digital Design Lab (DDL) was established in 2011 with the mission “From Imagination to Experience, From Experience to Value.”Exploring the potential of digital technology to elevate urban and architectural design to new heights and ensure higher quality, the group has simultaneously pursued practical work on more than 450 projects and conducted R&D to solve the challenges identified through that experience. Its scope of activity extends beyond architecture to encompass urban and social environments, where it is working to create new value through the integration of information and technology.

Nikken Sekkei is a professional services firm specializing in architectural and civil engineering design and supervision, urban design, and related research, planning, and consulting services. For 125 years since its founding in 1900, Nikken Sekkei has been committed to creating value through "social environment design," which aims to solve both explicit and implicit social issues, in order to meet the demands of society and the diverse needs of its clients. To date, it has been involved in various projects in Japan, China, ASEAN, and the Middle East, and in recent years has expanded into India and Europe.

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