Beschreibung
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.
Autorenportrait
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.
