Kongjian Yu Spoke at 2022 Waterloo Architecture Speaker Series: Living with Water

“What is Architectural Care?” Lecture Series at the University of Waterloo

From the fall of 2021 to the winter of 2023, the University of Waterloo, a globally renowned institution, is hosting a lecture series that explores architectural care. Each lecture invites architects, researchers, artists, and experts in humanistic care to engage in conversations about considerations, practices, expressions, and maintenance in architecture. This interdisciplinary series views architecture as a form of social care, encouraging dialogue and learning from diverse practices of humanistic care.

Series Theme:

Praxes of Care: Action

Fifth Lecture: Living with Water

Invited speakers for the fifth session include:

Kongjian Yu, Professor at Peking University’s College of Architecture and Landscape, and Founder and Chief Designer of Turenscape.

Alpa Nawre, Executive Director of Critical Places and Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Florida.

Lecture Details (Beijing Time):

Date: March 25, 2022

Time: 8:00–9:30 AM

Lecture Topic:

“Living with Water”

Speaker: Kongjian Yu

Professor at Peking University’s College of Architecture and Landscape

Chief Designer at Turenscape

Registration Link (or click “Read More” at the end):

https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/lectures