Abstract
Road improvement related to town development on a regional scale have been increased in Japan since 1970's. In those roads, footscape design which had visual attraction was applied for a main street or a shopping mall. Authors have conducted field surveys and literature researches on selected 25 streets. As the results, findings are following; (1) Stones, porcelain tiles and ceramic tiles are used commonly as block paving, (2) The block patterns are designed in a wide variety, (3) Some streets are paved with pictorial tiles to represent regional characteristics, (4) The pavements are designed to project images related to properties of the streets, (5) The joint effort of public and residents have produced the good results. Case analysis is effective in establishing a methodology of footscape design.
