whatwearetryingtodoistodefineacontemporaryChinesevernacularandanewaesthetic.Wewanttobeauthentic,tobegood,andthenbeautiful.

ThegroupbeatoutthehugelypopularHighline,NewYork’selevatedrailpark,anticipatedbymanytowinthisyear’stopaward.

Hismajorresearchinterestsincludethetheoryandmethodoflandscapearchitecture,urbanplanningforsustainablecities,culturalheritage,andecologicalplanning.

For13years,ProfessorYuKongjianhasbeenworkingtowakeChinauptofaceandaddressherimpendingcrisisintherelationbetweenhumansandtheearth.

Inaneconomywhereevensmallcitiesroutinelybuildgiganticnewportzonesandindustrialparks,thelossofagriculturalSujiatuowouldbarelyregister.

Throughregenerativedesignandbychangingthelandform,thenaturalprocessofplantadaptationandcommunityevolutionisintroducedtotransformaformerdesertedshootingrangeusedasagarbagedump

designedbyYuKongjiantoreclaimanindustrialwastelandandremakeitintoademonstrationecologicalsite,plantedwithindigenousspecies—anunusualgreenoutpostinthemiddleofanever-more-relentlesslydevelopedurbansetting.

eachengagedinsomewaywiththerolesofarchitecture,landscapedesign,andurbanplanninginfindingsustainable,ecologicallysoundwaysfordevelopmenttoproceed.

Land-use planning is an overall or special arrangement on land-use in a certain range of time and space, according to land resources，land suitability and demands of economic and social development (Zheng,2000).

The conventional approach to economic centered urban development planning, failed to meet the challenges of swift urbanization and sustainability issues in China