俞孔坚教授应邀出席纽约新学院大学国际会议
New School中印协会成立的宗旨是促进中、印和美三国之间的学术交流和合作。中国和印度经济上的崛起极大的改变了世界移民城市的格局，两国全球化和城市化的规模和速度令世人震惊。关于城市化的战略规划不仅影响到中国和印度，也是美国和其他国家的的共同关注点。本次会议将邀请各界人士包括城市规划者、建筑师、研究人员、企业名家、政府官员、民间社会活动家和相关学者、学生等，以期从多角度、多维度探讨中印两国城市规划的问题。
北京大学景观设计学研究院院长俞孔坚教授应邀参会，将发表题为“国际性与地方特色：中国当代城市与景观设计探索”的主旨演讲，主要从以下三方面进行阐述：人类的生存环境、文化的地方特色以及精神家园的保护和重建。同时，俞教授将详细介绍北京大学景观设计学研究院和北京土人景观规划设计研究院的四项获奖作品（中山岐江公园，沈阳建筑大学稻田校园，浙江黄岩永宁公园和台州“反规划”），阐述关于国际性和地方特色在中国当代城市与景观设计中的探索。
俞孔坚教授的演讲提纲：
国际性与地方特色：中国当代城市与景观设计探索
Internationality and Identity: Towards Modern Chinese Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
Kongjian Yu
The Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University
Turenscape, China
Lecture Abstract
Urbanization, globalization and the spread of materialism have positioned landscape architecture to critically address three major challenges in the coming decades. With this big picture in mind, the issue of internationality and identity in Chinese contemporary landscape architecture and urban design were brought about.
The first challenge is the survival of humanity on the earth. More than ever, large parts of population are exposed to disastrous natural forces, pollution and shortage of resources, as were demonstrated by the catastrophes of the Tsunami in South East Asia, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and numerous floods each year all over the world. Two thirds of the 662 Chinese cities are in shortage of water, all rivers in the urban and suburban areas are polluted. Taking land as a medium, landscape architecture is given the great opportunities within this crucial period of time to find ways of rebuilding a harmonious relationship between the land and people.
The second is about cultural identity. The strength of LA in dealing with this issue lies in its intrinsic association with the natural systems and in its roots of agricultural tradition. Urbanization and globalization processes are so fast and overwhelming, therefore a “negative approach” should be taken against the conventional development planning, i.e. landscape architects and planners should lead the way to identify and design an ecological infrastructure that is critical in safeguarding the ecological processes and cultural heritages, before the stage of land development planning.
The third is the protection and rebuild of our spiritual homeland. The trend of materialism has been taking over the world and also China. The land which used to be inhabited by various spirits that made the landscape meaningful and poetic is becoming commercialized. Gradually, we lose our spiritual connections to our land towards superficial, exchangeable international images of the world beyond the earthly one, which landscape architecture is positioned to protect and rebuild.
Four award winning contemporary designs will be presented in detail to illustrate the author’s thinking about internationality and identity, including the Zhongshan Shipyard Park, the Rice Campus of Shenyang Architecture University, the Floating Gardens of Yongning River Park, and the Negative Approach to Urban Development in Taizhou City.
