NICCE: “Creator of 'Sponge Cities', Kongjian Yu, to Deliver Keynote Lecture in Brasília”

Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Peking University, and the visionary behind the “sponge city” concept, is scheduled to deliver the keynote lecture at the International CAU Conference 2025 in Brasília on September 4, 2025. Known for promoting nature-based solutions for urban flood resilience—such as permeable landscapes, wetlands, parks, and urban ecological infrastructure—the sponge city concept has been successfully implemented across hundreds of Chinese cities since around 2010. In his keynote, Yu is expected to discuss both the theoretical foundations and practical implementations of sponge cities, and their significance for sustainable urban development globally.

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