Designed ecologies : the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu

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    • Saunders, William S.
    • Yu, Kongjian

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Designed ecologies : the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu

William S. Saunders (ed.)

Birkhäuser, 2012

  • hbk.

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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.

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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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