Designed Ecologies : : The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu /

Designed Ecologies : : The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu / / ed. by William S. Saunders.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
MitwirkendeR:
Beardsley, John,
Hill, Kristina,
Rowe, Peter G.,
Saunders, William S.,
Shannon, Kelly,
Steiner, Frederick R.,
Stokman, Antje,
Waldheim, Charles,
Walker, Peter,
Yu, Kongjian,
HerausgeberIn:
Saunders, William S.,
Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword. Kongjian yu’s Challenge
  • Introduction. Ecology, with Pleasure
  • Popular Aesthetics, Public History
  • Value the Ordinary: Zhongshan Shipyard Park
  • Fiascoes of Chinese Urban Development and Turenscape’s Alternatives
  • The Big Foot Revolution
  • Go Productive: The Rice Campus of Shenyang Jianzhu University
  • The Art Field: North Grant Park
  • The Boy who Read Books Riding a Water Buffalo
  • Make Friends with Floods: The Floating Gardens of Yongning River Park
  • Reshape an Urban Waterfront: Yinzhou Central River Transformation
  • Tread Lightly: Red Ribbon Park
  • Regenerate Surgically: Beach Rest Oration
  • Transforming A Working Landscape: Qinhuangdao Forest Park
  • The Activist Educator
  • Let Nature do her Work: The Adaptation Palettes of Qiaoyuan Wetland Park
  • Gather People: Bridged Gardens
  • Gather People: Long Sleeve Skywalk
  • Gather People: Dujiangyan Square
  • Gather People: Chinatown Park
  • Myths And Strategies of Ecological Planning
  • A Green Sponge for a Water-Resilient City: Qunli Storm Water Park
  • Landscape as a Living System: Houtan Park
  • China’s Water Resources and Houtan Park
  • Reinvent the Good Earth: National Ecological Security Pattern Plan
  • (R)Evolutionary Ecological Infrastructures
  • Let Landscape Lead Urbanism: Growth Planning for Beijing
  • Begin with Ecological Infrastructure: Wulijie Eco-City
  • Recover the Mother River: Sanlihe Greenway
  • Activate a Resilient River: Minneapolis Waterfront Design Concept
  • Make Architecture into Landscape: Low-Carbon Apartment
  • Make Landscape into Architecture: Hallelujah Concert Hall
  • Afterword. The Persistent Promise of Ecological Planning
  • Authors
  • Project Credits
  • Illustration Credits

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