Designed Ecologies: The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu (Hardcover)

Preface: Kongjian Yu's Challenge Peter Walker Introduction: Ecology with Pleasure William S. Saunders Popular Aesthetics, Public History John Beardsley Value the Ordinary: Shipyard Park, Zhongshan, 2001 An Alternative to the Fiascos of Chinese Urban Development Antje Stokman The Ecological Security Pattern Plan, Taizhou, 2004 Go Productive: Shenyang Jianzhou University (the Rice Campus), Shenyang, 2003 Beyond Survival: The Chicago Art Field, 2009 The Boy Who Read Books Riding a Water Buffalo William S. Saunders Make Friends with Floods: Yongning River Park, Taizhou, 2004 Reshaping The Urban Waterfront: Yingzhou Central River Transformation, Ningbo, 2006 Tread Lightly: The Red Ribbon Park, Tanghe River, Qinhuangdao, 2006 Ecological Surgery: Beach Restoration, Qinhuangdao, 2008 The Activist Educator Fredrick Steiner Let Nature Do Its Work: Qiaoyuan Wetland Park (the Adaptation Palettes), Tianjin, 2008 Gather People: Bridged Gardens, Tianjin, 2008 Infrastructure as Landscape: The Long Sleeve Skywalk, Xuzhou, 2010 The People's Place: Dujiangyan Square, Chengdu, 2002 Define a New Chinatown: Chinatown Park, Boston, USA, 2007 Myths and Strategies of Ecological Planning Kristina Hill Make the Landscape a Living System: Houtan Park, Shanghai 2010 China's Water Crisis and Houtan Park's Response Peter Rowe Reinvent the Good Earth: The National Ecological Security Pattern Plan, 2008 (R)evolutionary Ecological Infrastructure Kelly Shannon Landscape Leads Urbanism: The Beijing Ecological Security Pattern Plan, 2008 Begin with an Alternative Infrastructure: The Wulijie Eco-City Design, Wuhan, 2011 Recover the Mother River: Sanlihe Greenway, Qian'an, 2010 Resilient Rivers: Waterfront Design Concept, Minneapolis, USA, 2011 Make Architecture into Landscape: Low Carbon Apartment, Beijing, 2009 Hallelujah Concert Hall, 2010 Protective Land-Use Policies Cunzhi Hu Afterword: The Persistent Promise of Ecological Planning Charles Waldheim