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Kongjian Yu is principal designer at Turenscape, the Beijing-based landscape and urbanism firm he founded in 1998, and dean of the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture at Peking University. He also founded and runs the Turenscape Academy, a non-accredited, hands-on program focused on rural regeneration and located in a small town in Anhui Province. With more than 500 employees, Turenscape has become a powerhouse firm that has designed and built nearly a thousand projects in China and around...

COMO, CO, ITALY, August 5, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The A' Design Award, a highly respected and well-recognized award in the field of landscape design, has announced Benjakitti by Arsomsilp and Turenscape as the Gold winner in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design category. This prestigious recognition highlights the significance of Benjakitti's innovative and sustainable design within the landscape design industry.

At a time when Brazilians still watch, almost incredulously, the consequences caused by the storms in April and May in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil received a visit from the Chinese architect and landscape designer Kongjian Yu, creator of the sponge city concept. This concept utilizes nature itself to better withstand the increasing occurrence of storms.

In this context, the work of Beijing-based architect Kongjian Yu, founder of the landscape architecture firm Turenscape, has gained international visibility and recognition, which included receiving the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize (“Oberlander Prize”). His "sponge cities" concept, designed to address and prevent urban flooding in the face of accelerated climate change, was adopted as national policy in China in 2013. This approach prioritizes large-sc...

Many events featuring landscape architects at COP28 in Dubai will be livestreamed via the UN Climate Change website or YouTube. Recordings will also be available.

October 17, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) – The Cultural Landscape Foundation (“TCLF”) today announced that Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu is the recipient of the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize (“Oberlander Prize”).

The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Award winner talks to METROPOLIS about our changing planet, his “Sponge City” concept, and nature-based solutions to urban planning.

1. Project Statement The Riyadh Airport Park is an imagined oasis that is deeply rooted in native Arabian land and culture. Using selective construction techniques and careful management of both natural water resources and urban wastewater flows, the project will create a landscape with maximum diversity, including plateaus, wadis, savannas, wetlands and forested wetlands. This wide spectrum of native habitats will ultimately allow natural processes to take over and evolve on their own. Cul...

1．Project Statement Lingshui River is the fourth largest river in Hainan Province that located in Lingshui County, Hainan Province. The first phase of the Lingshui River Landscape Corridor starts from the north of Lingshui Bridge to the lower reaches of the Xizaihe River Estuary. It belongs to the CBD area of the city. The existing condition of the site has a certain scale of foundation for landscape development. After taking the serious considerations regarding the current status of the si...