Designed ecologies : the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu
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Designed ecologies : the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu
Birkhäuser, 2012
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Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture practice in China today. The vast scale of China and her apparently boundless growth have enabled Yu to test many ideas that are still largely theories in the Western world. His work - increasingly valued and appreciated in Europe and North America - has attained an extremely high and elegant level in both conception and execution. Kongjian Yu is known for his ecological stance, often against the resistance of local authorities. His guiding design principles are the appreciation of the ordinary and a deep embracing of nature, even in its potentially destructive aspects, such as floods. Among his most acclaimed projects are Houtan Park for Shanghai Expo, the Red Ribbon Park in Qinhuangdao, and Shipyard Park in Zhongshan. This book explores Yu's work in11 essays by noted authors and documents22 major projects extensively.
Table of Contents
Preface: Kongjian Yu's Challenge
Peter Walker
Introduction: Ecology with Pleasure
William S. Saunders
Popular Aesthetics, Public History
John Beardsley
Value the Ordinary: Shipyard Park, Zhongshan, 2001
An Alternative to the Fiascos of Chinese Urban Development
Antje Stokman
The Ecological Security Pattern Plan, Taizhou, 2004
Go Productive: Shenyang Jianzhou University (the Rice Campus), Shenyang, 2003
Beyond Survival: The Chicago Art Field, 2009
The Boy Who Read Books Riding a Water Buffalo
William S. Saunders
Make Friends with Floods: Yongning River Park, Taizhou, 2004
Reshaping The Urban Waterfront: Yingzhou Central River Transformation, Ningbo, 2006
Tread Lightly: The Red Ribbon Park, Tanghe River, Qinhuangdao, 2006
Ecological Surgery: Beach Restoration, Qinhuangdao, 2008
The Activist Educator
Fredrick Steiner
Let Nature Do Its Work: Qiaoyuan Wetland Park (the Adaptation Palettes), Tianjin, 2008
Gather People: Bridged Gardens, Tianjin, 2008
Infrastructure as Landscape: The Long Sleeve Skywalk, Xuzhou, 2010
The People's Place: Dujiangyan Square, Chengdu, 2002
Define a New Chinatown: Chinatown Park, Boston, USA, 2007
Myths and Strategies of Ecological Planning
Kristina Hill
Make the Landscape a Living System: Houtan Park, Shanghai 2010
China's Water Crisis and Houtan Park's Response
Peter Rowe
Reinvent the Good Earth: The National Ecological Security Pattern Plan, 2008
(R)evolutionary Ecological Infrastructure
Kelly Shannon
Landscape Leads Urbanism: The Beijing Ecological Security Pattern Plan, 2008
Begin with an Alternative Infrastructure: The Wulijie Eco-City Design, Wuhan, 2011
Recover the Mother River: Sanlihe Greenway, Qian'an, 2010
Resilient Rivers: Waterfront Design Concept, Minneapolis, USA, 2011
Make Architecture into Landscape: Low Carbon Apartment, Beijing, 2009
Hallelujah Concert Hall, 2010 Protective Land-Use Policies
Cunzhi Hu
Afterword: The Persistent Promise of Ecological Planning
Charles Waldheim
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