Kongjian Yu hat viele Facetten. Von manchen wird er als „Olmsted Chinas“ betitelt, in Anlehnung Frederick Law Olmsted senior, der nicht nur die Landschaftsarchitektur in den Vereinigten Staaten maßgeblich beeinflusste, sondern auch als Mitgestalter des Central Parks in New York City bekannt ist.

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.

Kongjian Yu, a Beijing-based landscape architect, author, and academic famed for pioneering a particularly porous approach to urban design that employs large-scale green infrastructure with recreational elements to mitigate flooding accelerated by climate change, is the winner of the second Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize.

Kongjian Yu—the distinguished landscape architect renowned for his ecologically sound and culturally resonant designs—has been honored as the 2023 recipient of the Oberlander Prize for Landscape Architecture.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation recently announced that Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has received the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize.

Three Landscapes - Zhongshan Shipyard Park, Red Ribbon Park and Benjakitti Forest Park, designed by Kongjian Yu, the 2023 Oberlander Prize Laureate.

El arquitecto Kongjian Yu fue reconocido con el Premio Internacional de Arquitectura del Paisaje, Oberlander 2023.

Peking University professor Kongjian Yu says sponge city is a model based on the regulation of stormwater adaptation to the monsoon.