Case 06 | Umekita District Urban Redevelopment Project

Umekita District is an urban redevelopment project targeting the former freight station site of approx. 24ha located in front of Osaka Station, the largest terminal station in western Japan with approx. 2.5 million daily commuters. The project aims to form a city of intellectual creativity and high international competitive ability through industry-government-academia city planning.
As the coordinator of the entire project, UR assists the compilation of basic plans, maneuvering of developers to realize the so-called “Knowledge Capital”, the home base of intellectual creativity, and a disaster-prevention park as the core of urban disaster prevention, and for the enforcement of town management, as well as the implementation of land readjustment projects.

Locations : Osaka City
Site area : Approx. 24ha