Quzhou is a historic city with over 1,800 years of history and a notable strategic location on China’s eastern coast. During WWII, Quzhou’s small airport was once considered a planned landing site for American bombers following the Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942. Luming Park spans approximately 32 hectares and is surrounded by dense urban development. It is bordered by the Shiliang Creek to the west and a major urban thoroughfare to the east. The site features a diverse topography, ...

Located in Harbin, a major city in Northeast China situated along the Songhua River, this site experiences significant seasonal flooding. After the construction of a 500-year flood protection levee in Jiangbei New District, a 200-hectare wetland was separated from the main river channel. Surrounding this newly isolated wetland, a series of ecological depressions were designed to collect and purify stormwater runoff from the nearby cultural center and urban areas. Research revealed a s...

The project is located in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province—a city founded in 202 BC and one of the first National Historic and Cultural Cities designated by the State Council. Nanchang was praised in the famous Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng as “a land of natural treasures and outstanding people.” The site, originally planned as a migratory bird corridor within the Aixi Lake green belt in the High-Tech Zone, was degraded by fragmented, abandoned fishponds and large-scale fly ash wasteland...

Fanchuan Park is located along both sides of the Xiao River in Changning New District, Xi’an, covering about 507 mu (approximately 33.8 hectares). As a multifunctional urban park combining ecological restoration, nature observation, recreation, and cultural experience, its waterfront boardwalk plays a central role. Stretching 1,216 meters across the river and linking the northern and southern sections of the park, the boardwalk serves as a visual and experiential landmark. Tak...

The project is located in Shangyu District of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. Shangyu lies within the low hills and mountainous region of the Cao’e River Basin and was the core production area of the Yue Kiln during the Han to Six Dynasties period. The Three Kingdoms and Western Jin period (later known as Wu-Jin) marked the peak of the early Yue Kiln’s development. During this time, at least 57 kiln sites were active, producing porcelain of exquisite quality with a wide variety of forms a...

Suzhou Zhenshan Park is an open urban park located in Huqiu District along Huajin Road. The design of the park respects the site's natural conditions. Guided by the dual strategies of building a "sponge park" and creating a "productive, low-maintenance landscape," the project transformed a once-damaged mountain and a continuously degrading landfill into a productive, low-maintenance, and resilient urban park. It maximizes the use of existing site resources, meets the leisure and recreationa...

Yichang, known for the monumental Three Gorges and Gezhouba Dams, sits on the banks of the Yangtze River and is often referred to as the “Hydropower Capital of China.” Its geography is defined by hills and valleys. Yunhe Park (literally “Canal Park”) is located in the city’s Eastern Ecological New District, in a low-lying area shaped by hilly terrain. The site was once a cluster of abandoned fish ponds and included a small hydroelectric station. The design adopts a minimal-intervention ...

Zhongshan Shipyard Park is located in downtown Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, covering a total area of 10.3 hectares. The site was formerly occupied by the Yuezhong Shipyard, which stood beside the Qijiang River, encircling a lake that connects to the river. Established in 1953 and closed in 1999, the shipyard bore witness to the arduous journey of China’s industrialization through self-reliance—a history rich with struggle and transformation. After its closure, many of the original st...

Few names in contemporary landscape architecture resonate as profoundly as Yu Kongjian. The most recent winner of the prestigious Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize—a distinction on a par with the Pritzker Prize in architecture and accompanied by a US$100,000 award—Yu has been recognised for his groundbreaking contributions to ecological urbanism. His ability to merge ecology with cutting-edge urbanism has led to transformative interventions in cities worldwide, ...

On July 1st, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially awarded Professor Yu Kongjian, Dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Peking University and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as the inaugural "NbS Global Champion (Champion for Nature-based Solutions)"—recognizing his outstanding contributions to ecological restoration and sustainable design.