Date:2012
Editor:William S. Saunders
Contributions:John Beardsley, Kristina Hill, Dihua Li, Peter G. Rowe, Kelly Shannon, Frederick R. Steiner, Antje Stokman, Charles Waldheim, Peter Walker
Publisher:Birkhäuser
Dimensions:9.05 x 11.81 in.
Format:Hardcover
Pages:256
ISBN:9783034607384

Designed Ecologies: The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu

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China’s foremost landscape designer 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.

Kongjian Yu is the recipient of the 2023 National Design Award for Landscape Architecture.


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