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New horizons : eight perspectives on chinese landscape architecture today / edited by Jutta Kehrer.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Kehrer, Jutta, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Landscape architecture.
China.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (312 p.)
Place of Publication:
Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, [2020]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
A new generation of Chinese landscape architects, that has hardly been registered outside China, is emerging: innovative, optimistic, radical, yet rooted in local context and tradition. Thanks to their international experience in training and practice, they seamlessly combine eastern and western influences to create something new. They design open spaces in high-density cities and revitalize remote rural areas. Their projects are characterized by interaction and change. New Horizons is the first portrait of this generation: an external view provided by expert essays is followed by detailed and richly-illustrated profiles of eight successful studios including interviews with founders. An essential reading for everyone interested in the current discourse shaping the contemporary Chinese landscape architecture.
Eine neue Generation chinesischer Landschaftsarchitekten, die außerhalb Chinas bisher kaum registriert wurde: innovativ, optimistisch, radikal und verankert in lokalem Kontext und Tradition. Dank ihrer internationalen Erfahrung in Ausbildung und Praxis verbinden sie Einflüsse aus Ost und West ganz selbstverständlich zu etwas Neuem. Sie gestalten Freiräume in hochverdichteten Stadträumen und revitalisieren vergessene Dörfer. Interaktion und Veränderung prägen ihre Projekte. New Horizons ist das erste Porträt dieser Generation: Acht erfolgreiche Büros werden in Interviews und mit ihren aktuellen Projekten vorgestellt; Essays von Experten runden mit ihrem Blick von außen das Bild ab. Ein Standardwerk für jeden, der an den Diskursen interessiert ist, die die chinesische Landschaftsarchitektur von heute bestimmen.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Foreword
Contents
China’s New Landscape Avant-garde
A Profession in the Making
Chinese Landscape Aesthetics
Grounding a New Design Agency
Z+T Studio Participatory Landscapes
YIYU Design for the Senses
Moshang Comfort and Tradition
Fu Yingbin Studio Rural Empowerment
WISTO Vitality of Space
Clover Nature School Grassroots Urban Regeneration
Instinct Fabrication Interactive Places
lab D+H Landscapes of Optimism
Places
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Photo Credits
Colophon
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes index.
ISBN:
3-0356-2149-7
OCLC:
1202623322

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