何谓生态城市？
华盛顿大学景观设计学系4月7日至8 日（美国时间）将举办题为“下一代生态城市”的论坛。届时，诸多顶尖的景观理论家和实践家，包括美国景观设计协会联合会员Kristina Hill、美国景观设计协会会员Pierre Belanger 和美国景观设计协会国际会员俞孔坚（KongjanYu）将共同探讨生态城市的理念在不断的城市化和快速全球化的进程中如何演变。其中，俞孔坚教授将于8日上午发表主题演讲：“Re-inventing the Good Earth"
会议组织方称：“在当地、区域和全球尺度上，由于资本、人力和资源相互联系的流动，世界范围内的城市环境都在快速而复杂地变动。这不仅对城市产生了很大的影响，对远超出其边界的社会和生态系统也影响深远。”
尽管目前并不存在一个真正的生态城市，但其理念仍在不断地发展，成为应对全球挑战潜在解决方案。“与复杂的当代城市化问题形成的鲜明对比，‘生态城市’的理念堂而皇之地追溯19世纪花园城市的理想，就像是过分单纯和乌托邦式的憧憬。然而，无论当代城市现状和问题有多么复杂，理想的‘生态城市’的意向和语言仍在不断地塑造当代城市的规划化和设计。”
该论坛将对“新兴生态、城市和策略”进行研究。其中新兴生态将探索“快速城市化的世界里环境、公平、经济和设计之间的关系。”关于城市的对话将涉及“南半球新兴大城市中快速城市增长的动态和启示。而关于策略的讨论将研究”将城市景观看作由各种相互联系的自发的可能性组成的矩阵能够如何启发新的设计和实施途径和方法。”
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The University of Washington’s landscape architecture department has put together a symposium that will explore the idea of the Eco-City. In ”Next Eco-City,” a range of leading landscape theorists and practitioners like Kristina Hill, Affiliate ASLA, Pierre Belanger, ASLA, and Yu Kongjian, International ASLA, will cover how the Eco-City concept has evolved with increased urbanization and rapid globalization.
The conference organizers argue that “urban environments worldwide are in the midst of multiple shifts, driven by interconnected flows in capital, people, and resources at local, regional and global scales. It impacts not only cities but also the network of social and ecological systems well beyond their borders.”
Despite the fact that a true Eco-City has never really existed, the idea continues to have legs, and has perservered as a potential solution to global challenges. “In contrast to the complexity of today’s urbanization, the concept of the ‘Eco-City,’ arguably dating back to the ideal of the 19th Century Garden City, seems like an overly simplistic and utopian vision. Yet, the imagery and language of an idealized ‘Eco-City’ continue to shape the planning and design of contemporary cities while disregarding the vital complexity of contemporary urban conditions and issues.”
The symposium will look into ”emergent ecologies, cities, and tactics.” Emergent ecologies will explore the “relationships between environment, equity, economy, and design in our rapidly urbanizing world.” The cities talk will cover the “dynamics and implications of rapid urban growth in the emerging mega-cities of the global south,” while the discussion on tactics will look into “how seeing the urban landscape as a set of [...] matrices with interconnected and spontaneous possibilities can inspire new approaches and methods in design and implementation.”
