Designed Ecologies : The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu

ISBN-13: 9783034607384 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str.

William Saunders

Opis

Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture practice in China today.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

O autorze

John Beardsley istKurator undDirektor 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 derUniversity of Virginia. Sie forschtzur 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 Professorof Landscape Architecture und Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Landschaftsarchitektur der Harvard Graduate School of Design; Herausgeberdes"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 derHarvard 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,Direktordes BürosTurenscape landscape architecture, urban design, and architecture, Beijing, China; Dekan und ProfessoramCollege of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University; Autor von "The Art of Survival" u.a.