TheancienttraditionoffootbindinginChinasacrificedthefunctionofrustic"bigfeet"inthenameofgentrificationandbeauty.KongjianYuespousesanapproachtolandscapedesignthatcelebratestheaestheticofhigh-performing,low-cost,healthyfeet.

Hispracticeisbasedintherurallandscapeofhischildhood.Farmershavewisdom.Howthelandwasmanagedforcenturies,teachesYuhowtousesomeofthosepractices,combinedwithcurrentgreeninfrastructuretechniques,tocleanwaterandmanagestormwaterrun-off.

thewaterundergroundisdroppingonemetereveryyear.Thecityisbuiltonahuman-controlledsystemofpipesanddrainage,roadsandinfrastructure.Wewastetoomuchtime,water,andenergypumpingwater."

The landscape design education thought is the continuation of traditional Chinese landscape architecture education, it is just from the aesthetic and visual understanding of the associated with the current actual significance.

FromtheArtofSurvivaltotheArtBeyondSurvival

Don'taskusaboutyourbloodyflowers.Don'taskusaboutyourdyingtress.Youcandosomethingquitevulgarwithallofthem.wearegoingtotalktoyouaboutsurvival."

HealsodefinedanewandpoeticvernacularlandscapeincontemporaryChina,whileaddressingissuesofsurvival,suchasfloodcontrol,foodproduction,ecologicalrecovery.

“Inaneweraofmultipleunprecedentedchallengesimposedbytheprocessesofindustrializationandurbanization,landscapearchitectureisnowonthevergeofchangeintheworld,andespeciallyinChina

The 2007 international conference of urban design - the art of survival (on)

Thecoreforthesestrategiesistoredefineurbanity,andrecreateacityasanewvernacular,reflectingtheauthenticrelationshipbetweenlandandpeopleandforthesakeofsurvival.