CCTV13: China's landscape design goy highest award works

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

Harvard design school hold kongjian yu design workshop

"DesignthoughtseminarofKongjianYu"on"hislandscapedesign"

KongjianYu,aninternationallyrecognizedlandscapearchitect,willdiscussBeautifulBigFeet:TowardaNewLandscapeArchitectureonOct.4at6p.m.

TheAmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitects(ASLA)announcedthewinnersofthe2012ProfessionalAwards.residentialdesigns,campuses,parksandurbanplanningprojectsfromacrosstheU.S.andaroundtheworld.

ThroughRegenerativeDesignandbychanginglandforms,thenaturalprocessofplantadaptationandcommunityevolutionisintroducedtotransformaformerdesertedshootingrangeusedasagarbagedump,

Thisprojectmeetsthechallengesoflimitedbudgetandavailableland,aswellascombiningfloodcontrolwithtransformingarigidandbarrenwaterfrontintoauserandeco-friendly,biologicallyproductive,andaestheticallypleasantgreencorridor.

thisprojectdemonstrateshowaminimaldesignsolutioncanachieveadramaticimprovementtothelandscape.

QinhuangdaoForestParkinHebeiProvinceinChinaemergedfromamonotonousforestthatservedasawindbreak.Smallchangesgeneratedanurbanparkwithstormwatermanagementfeatures,agriculture,andavariedecosystemthatcanbeexperiencedbyvisitors.