Forbes: Meet The Landscape Architect Behind China's Sponge Cities
This article introduces Kongjian Yu, the landscape architect who pioneered the “sponge city” concept in China. His firm, Turenscape, is designing urban green infrastructure — parks, wetlands, permeable surfaces — intended to absorb rainfall, reduce flood risk, and mitigate natural disasters. The sponge city model has been adopted as a national strategy, and is deployed in hundreds of urban projects across many cities. Through practices that integrate ecological thinking, ancient water management wisdom, and modern urban planning, Yu’s work addresses not just flood control but broader environmental, social, and climate-resilience goals.
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