Designers in China looking for a challenge are spoilt for choice. Rapid urbanisation has left the country struggling with environmental degradation, loss of natural resources and rising social inequality.

China and Mexico have in common an ancient wisdom about nature, and knowledge should be shared to protect the environment, Chinese architect and world leader in green urban planning, Yu Kongjian, told Xinhua.

Dr. Kongjian gives the Keynote Methodology Conference on strategic ecological safety and eco-city patterns.

Kongjian Yu, founder of Turenscape, one of China’s first landscape architecture practices, talks with Foreground about how his practice is working to build a more resilient, water-sensitive world.

Sapienza University of Rome presented a Doctorate Honoris Causa in Landscape and Environment to Professor Kongjian Yu, Dean and professor of College of Architecture and Landscape, Peking University.

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thetheoryandmethodoflandscapearchitectureandurbanplanning;theculturalaspectoflandscape;landscapesecuritypatternsandecologicalinfrastructure.

YuKongjianhassparednoeffortsinmakinglandscapedesignplayagreaterroleinalleviatingurbangrowingpainsandenhancingenvironmentalprotectionthroughfloodcontrol,waterresourcemanagement,biodiversityprotection,andculturalheritageprotection.

HeisamemberoftheGlobalSchindlerAwardjury,andhespokewiththeGlobalSchindlerAwardteamaboutthechangingroleofthelandscape,andlandscapeinfrastructureinChina–andtheirpotentialimpactonthefutureofShenzhenandthePearlRiverDelta.

thethemeofwhichis‘TheBigFeetRevolutionandtheArtofSurvival----ForPlaceMakingandSustainableDwelling’.