as China has become more urbanized and “civilized,” the vernacular landscape has been gradually deprived of its productivity,

theWorldExpowillbeheldinShanghai.Withthemotto“Bettercity,Betterlife”thecentralthemeofcitieshasbeenchosenforanExpoforthefirsttime.

AnEcosystemServices-OrientedRegenerativeDesign

Runningthroughthisstripofgreenspace,interlacedwithwalkways,aconstructedwetlandtreatspollutedriverwaterforuseattheExpo.

everydesignactionisalsoalandscapinggesturewithenvironmentalimplications.

ItisacallforthereturntotheGoodEarthandacallfortherescueofthewealth-corruptedsocietythathasbeenalienatedfromtheland.

shehasledmanyofthefirm’slargestandmostcomplexprojectsaroundtheworld.

thisprojectdemonstrateshowaminimaldesignsolutioncanachievedramaticimprovements,turninga“messy,”naturalBig-Footlandscapeintoabeautifulurbanpark,whilepreservingthenaturalprocessesandpatterns.

TheGoodEarthGoProductiveandDefinetheNewAesthetics

arangeofecologistsandlandscapearchitectsanalyzedvariousaspectsoftherelationshipbetweenpeopleandnature,andhowtheserelationshipstakeforminnatural,managed,andevenrestoredwildlifehabitats.