Sponge City and Sponge Planet | Kongjian Yu | TEDxBoston
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2023
- Sponge cities that fight flooding. Sponge cities use natural features to slow down, soak up and reuse flood water.
Change, Cities, Climate Change, Earth, Public Spaces, Water A recipient of Doctor of Design at Harvard GSD, Yu is Professor and founding dean of Peking University College of Architecture and Landscape, founder and design principle of Turenscape that practices globally. He is a strong advocate of “ecological security patterns” and “sponge cities” that have been adopted by the Chinese government for the nationwide ecological campaign. His projects have won numerous international design awards including 14 ASLA Excellence and Honor Awards (American Society of Landscape Architects), 5 WAF Best Landscape of the Year Award (World Archi. Festival). He was elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He is a recipient of the Doctor Honoris Causa from Sapienza University of Rome and Honorary Doctorate from Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He received the 2020 IFLA Sir Geffrey Jellico Award -- the highest honor given by the International Federation of Landscape Architects, and the 2021 John Cobb Common Good Award This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
The hosts of TEDXBoston were speechless with happiness at the projects shown by Professor Yu. I was too! Especially the aerial photos of one of the designs in a 100 and 20 year flood-- "letting the waters into the city," as he said. The established plantings hold fast with their deep and interlocking root systems. They fill, and filter the flood waters as they recede. This is how riparian systems naturally function as evolved in river ecosystems. There are others around the world doing smaller scale water calming projects. Say, the humble beaver. We have the examples, nature can teach us how, and visionaries like Kongjian Yu can see how to integrate cities, wetland preserves, and public parks at I'm sure great budgetary savings to regions.
Boston would be a prime candidate for this
Failed in 2023. Work harder.
come up with a solution or close your mouth about people who are trying
Ask the Chinese just how it has failed for them!
What do you mean? It hasnt. China has had record flooding in recent years and the areas with these green sponge infrastructures set up have fared far better than other similar areas without it.