Masashisa Okabe

After graduating from the Department of Landscape Architecture at Tokyo University of Agriculture in 2004, he thought that Japanese aesthetics would be in demand around the world in the era of globalization and borderlessness, and after studying under landscape architect Kanji Nomura, he joined Nikken Sekkei.
He specializes in public spaces, hotels, and commercial spaces that combine “Japaneseness” with a combination of story, spatial density, and light and dark.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been focusing on design methods that “design the intersection of people and the Earth” and on incorporating microorganisms into landscape designs.
His main designs include Tokyo Square Garden (2013), KYOBASHI EDOGRAND (2016), SAKURAMACHI Kumamoto (2019) and Fufu Kyoto (2021).
First-class landscape construction management engineer, registered landscape architect (RLA)