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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 in 11 essays by noted authors and documents 22 major projects extensively.
John Beardsley ist Kurator und Direktor der Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.; Adjunct Professor für Landschaftsarchitektur an der Harvard University Graduate School of Design; er ist der Autor von "Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape" u.a..
Kristina Hill ist Associate Professor für Landschaftsarchitektur an der University of Virginia. Sie forscht zur Auswirkung des Klimawandels auf die Infrastruktur.
Dihua Li, Associate Professor für Landschaftsarchitektur, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Herausgeber einer fünfbändigen Reihe zur Ausbildung in der Landschaftsarchitektur in China (Higher Education Press, Beijing, seit 2008).
Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design; University Distinguished Service Professor; Harvard University; Autor von "East Asia Modern: Shaping the Contemporary City" (Reaktion Books, 2005), "Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities" (Birkhäuser, 2011) u.a.
William S. Saunders, Chefredakteur Harvard Design Magazine, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1997-2012); Autor von "Modern Architecture: Photographs by Ezra Stoller and James Wright" sowie Herausgeber zahlreicher Publikationen zur Architektur und Urbanismus.
Kelly Shannon, Forschung im Bereich Urbanismus und Entwurf; Professur für Landschaftsarchitektur an der Oslo School of Architecture and Design; Herausgeberin der Reihen "Explorations in/of Urbanism" und "Urban Fascicles OSA".
Frederick R. Steiner, Dekan und Henry M. Rockwell-Professor, School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin; Autor von "The Living Landscape: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning" u.a.
Antje Stokman, Landschaftsarchitektin, Partnerin bei osp urbanelandschaften, Hamburg; seit 2010 Professorin und Leiterin des Instituts für Landschaftsplanung und Ökologie an der Universität Stuttgart; Autorin von "Fluss.Raum.Entwerfen" (Birkhäuser, 2012).
Charles Waldheim, John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture und Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Landschaftsarchitektur der Harvard Graduate School of Design; Herausgeber des "Landscape Urbanism Reader" (Princeton Architectural Press).
Peter Walker, FASLA, Leiter des Büros Peter Walker and Partners, Landscape Architecture, Berkeley, California; früherer Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Landschaftsarchitektur der Harvard Graduate School of Design sowie University of California, Berkeley; Koautor von "Invisible Gardens: The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape" u.a.
Kongjian Yu, Direktor des Büros Turenscape landscape architecture, urban design, and architecture, Beijing, China; Dekan und Professor am College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University; Autor von "The Art of Survival" u.a.
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