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Waterfront Alliance: Sponge Cities - Kongjian Yu’s Absorbing Vision for Resilient Design

2025-04-25 Author:Michael Odenthal Source:Waterfront Alliance


Conventional wisdom regarding stormwater mitigation dictates that developers prioritize so-called gray infrastructure – concrete and steel construction that works to reroute flooding in order to minimize loss of life and property. But what renowned landscape architect Kongjian Yu has insisted for years now is that nature itself actually has many of the answers we seek in regard to flood preparedness.


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Source: https://waterfrontalliance.org/2025/04/24/sponge-cities-kongjian-yus-absorbing-vision-for-resilient-design/


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