TCLF: Three Landscapes Designed by Kongjian Yu, the 2023 Oberlander Prize Laureate - Zhongshan Shipyard Park

Zhongshan Shipyard Park, Zhongshan, Guandong Province, 2001. A 27-acre park built on the site of a 1950s shipyard that went bankrupt in 1999. Rather that raze the culturally significant site, the design, an early example of the “sponge cities” concept, retained some of the extant vernacular architecture, along with machines, docks, and other industrial structures that were repurposed. Yu believes in the retention of cultural landscape heritage, including industrial sites and working landscapes.

Source: https://www.tclf.org/oberlander-prize/learn-about-kongjian-yu/three-landscapes-designed-kongjian-yu-2023-oberlander