We live in the world of uncertainty and unknown but greatly influenced by them, largely from progress in technology, in social, cultural, political and in financial. Bit coins with an idea of block chain, Wikipedia and A.I. ( artificial intelligence) are some of the prominent phenomenon. The World of Japanese Garden could not stay outside of these phenomena. While I still do not understand them fully, I have decided to jump in this unknown world to study the impact of these on our current work on Japanese Garden and participate in exploring to develop definition of Japanese Garden.
Author Biography:
Koichi Kobayashi ( 1945 - )1 is a Japanese-American urban designer and landscape architect currently based in Seattle, Washington. Born in Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan, Kobayashi has more than 50 years' experience in a diverse field of landscape architecture, including planning, design, teaching, and community development. He is a 1972 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and, in 1968, of Kyoto University. From 2001 to 2005, he worked in China as Manager of Planning and Design with such firms as EDAW (now known as AECOM) in Suzhou. From 2006 to 2007 he had a similar position in the Dubai office of Burt Hill (now Stantec) where he worked on large-scale environmental and landscape planning projects in the Middle East and India. In this position, he mentored young professionals from around the world. He is currently the principal of Kobayashi Design in Seattle, and is researching and promoting the cause of Japanese gardens abroad, including supporting "Friends of Saving the Legacy of Seko Garden" 2 as a principal. In 2018 Kobayashi was designated Honorary Professor at Eimei University, San Mateo, California.[1] Works[edit] -Saving the Legacy of Seko Garden, Bellevue, Washington, 2017 -Japanese Garden Group at Manzanar Japanese American Internment Camp, 2017 -I-90 Master Landscape Planning and Design, 2000 -Fukuhara University Landscape Master Plan, Kyushu, Japan, 1997 -Restoration and Enhancement of Osaka Garden, Chicago, 1995 -Washington Village Development Master Plan, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan 1995 -Sustainable Seattle: Sound Transit LRT and Rainier Vista Housing Redevelopment Plan, 1990 -Tourism Development in the Pacific Northwest, Conference Proceeding, 1980 -Visual Landscape Planning Model in Regional Development, 1978 -Greening of Japan: Aichi Green Center, ASLA Magazine,1977 -Central Ohio Environmental Analysis Report: Visual Component, Ohio Biological Society 1976 -Water Course Plan for City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, National Endowment for Arts, 1975 Bibliography[edit] -"Introduction to Landscape Architecture," (translated for Michael Laurie), 1978, The Kashima Agency, Tokyo, Japan -"Design of Landscape," (translated for Garret Eckbo), 1980, The Kashima Agency, Tokyo, Japan
