Thecity's$3millionbudgetcoversplanning,designandconstruction.Thedesignincludesalargeplaza,lighting,grading,urbanfurniture,activityareasandintegrationwiththecurrentpark.

InabidtoincreasesustainabilityandresilienceofDhaka'sbuildingsandlandscapes,aninstituteofarchitecturewaslaunchedbyBengalFoundationinthecapitalyesterday.

KongjianYuSpeakatNewYorkUrbanDesignForum

Thenoisearoundthisyear’scelebrationofthetercentenaryof"Capability"Brown'sbirthbegsthequestion:whoarethe“Capabilities”oftoday?BrownhasastatusinlandscapedesignsimilartothatofShakespeareinliterature,andonemightwonderwhathewouldbedoingifhewerealivein2016.

InYanweizhouParkinJinhuaCitywater-resilientterrainandplantingsaredesignedtoadapttothemonsoonfloods.TheprojecthasgiventheChinesecityanewidentityandisnowacclaimedasitsmostpoeticlandscape.

Thesiteconditionsposedfourmajorchallengestothelandscapearchitect:1)Howcantheremainingpatchofriparianhabitatbepreserved?2)Whatapproachtofloodcontrolshouldbeused?3)Howcantheexistingorganicallyshapedbuildingbeintegratedintothesurroundingenvironment?4)howcantheseparatedcitydistrictsbeconnectedtothenaturalriparianlandscapeofJinhua?

HighlyRecommendedShanghai2010ExpoHoutanPark

AsoneofthecentralgreenspacesoftheShanghai2010Expo,HoutanParkwasdesignednotonlyasarevivedecologicalwaterfrontfortheexhibition.ItwasalsoconceivedwiththeflexibilitytobetransformedintoanopenpublicwaterfrontspaceforShanghaiafterwards.

Korea–BusanNorthPortTheLivingPortWeseetheoriginandthefutureofBusanwhenweseethericefieldofBusan'sfertileriverdeltaandthegroundsoftheresilientpiersatNorthPort.RicewasthecatalystforthefirstopeningofBusanHarborin1876byJapan.TheJapaneseEmpireseizedKoreanriceduringitsoccupationthroughtheNorthPortinBusan.Ricefarmerseventuallylosttheirlandthroughmodernizationandbecamestrugglingurbanlaborers.ForthepeopleofBusan,ricewasthewayoflife,therootoftheirexistence,andrepresentedtheirheritageduringthepainfulJapanes...

AculturalfoundationbringsdesignerstoDhakaandannouncesanewinstituteforarchitecture,landscapes,andsettlements.