1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823349303321

Titolo

Designed ecologies : the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu / / William S. Saunders (ed.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhäuser, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

3-0346-1146-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Classificazione

ZH 9620

Altri autori (Persone)

SaundersWilliam S

YuKongjian

Disciplina

256

Soggetti

Landscape design

Architecture - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword: Kongjian Yu's Challenge / Peter Walker -- Introduction: Ecology, with pleasure / William S. Saunders -- Popular aesthetics, public history / John Beardsley -- Value the ordinary: Zhongshan Shipyard Park, Zhongshan -- Fiascoes of Chinese urban development and turenscape's alternatives / Antje Stokman -- The big foot revolution / Kongjian Yu -- Go productive: the rice Campus of Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang -- The art field: North Grant Park, Chicago -- The boy who read books riding a water buffalo / William S. Saunders -- Make friends with floods: the floating gardens of Yongning River Park, Taizhou -- Reshape an urban waterfront: Yinzhou Central River transformation Ningbo -- Tread lightly: Red Ribbon Park, Qinhuangdao -- Regenerate surgically: beach restoration, Qinhuangdao -- Transforming a working landscape: Qinhuangdao Forest Park, Qinhuangdao -- The activist educator / Frederick R. Steiner -- Let nature do her work: the adaptation palettes of Qiaoyuan Wetland Park, Tianjin -- Gather people: Bridged Gardens, Tianjin -- Gather people: Long Sleeve Skywalk, Xuzhou -- Gather people: Dujiangyan Square, Chengdu -- Gather people: Chinatown Park, Boston -- Myths and strategies of ecological planning / Kristina Hill -- A green sponge for a water-resilient city: Qunli storm water park, Harbin -- Landscape as a living system: Houtan Park, Shanghai -- China's water resources and



Houtan Park / Peter G. Rowe -- Reinvent the good Earth: National Ecological Security Plan, China -- (R)evolutionary ecological infrastructures / Kelly Shannon -- Let landscape lead urbanism: growth planning for Beijing, Beijing -- Begin with ecological infrastructure: Wuliji Eco-City, Wulijie -- Recover the mother river: Sanlihe Greenway, Qian'An -- Activate a resilient river: Minneapolis Waterfront Design Concept, Minneapolis -- Make architecture into landscape: low-carbon apartment, Beijing -- Make landscape into architecture: Hallelujah Concert Hall, Zhangjiajie -- Afterword: the persistent promise of ecological planning / Charles Waldheim.

Sommario/riassunto

Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture practice in China today. The vast scale of China and her apparently boundless growth have enabled Yu to test many ideas that are still largely theories in the Western world. His work - increasingly valued and appreciated in Europe and North America - has attained an extremely high and elegant level in both conception and execution. Kongjian Yu is known for his ecological stance, often against the resistance of local authorities. His guiding design principles are the appreciation of the ordinary and a deep embracing of nature, even in its potentially destructive aspects, such as floods. Among his most acclaimed projects are Houtan Park for Shanghai Expo, the Red Ribbon Park in Qinhuangdao, and Shipyard Park in Zhongshan. This book explores Yu's work in 11 essays by noted authors and documents 22 major projects extensively.

Kongjian Yu und sein Büro Turenscape sind zweifelsohne das heute wichtigste Büro für Landschaftsarchitektur in China. Die Größe Chinas und das schier grenzenlose ökonomische Wachstum haben Yu gleichsam laborartige Arbeitsbedingungen beschert: Konzepte, die von westlichen Landschaftsarchitekten nur theoretisch erörtert werden, wurden hier dem Praxistest unterworfen. Kongjian Yus Arbeiten - auch in Europa und Nordamerika zunehmend bekannt und geschätzt - sind von großer Eleganz und qualitativ herausragend in Konzept und Ausführung. Yu ist für seine vom Gedanken der Nachhaltigkeit bestimmte Haltung bekannt, die ihn häufig in Konflikt mit den örtlichen Behörden bringt. Seine Entwurfshaltung wird geprägt von der Wertschätzung des Gewöhnlichen und von Alltagsdingen und einer tiefen Akzeptanz der Natur, auch in ihren bedrohlichen Aspekten, wie Überschwemmungen. Zu seinen bekanntesten Projekten gehören Houtan Park für die Shanghai Expo 2010, der Red Ribbon Park in Qinhuangdao und der Shipyard Park auf einer Industriebrache in Zhongshan. Dieses Buch geht den zentralen Themen in Yus Werk in 11 Essays bekannter Autoren nach und dokumentiert 22 ausgewählte Projekte.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154995803321

Autore

Valenta Marko

Titolo

The Bosnian diaspora : integration in transnational communities / / by Marko Valenta and Sabrina P. Ramet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-27710-X

1-315-24100-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series

Altri autori (Persone)

RametSabrina P. <1949->

Disciplina

305.891839

Soggetti

Bosnians - Foreign countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Integration outcomes and transnational engagements -- pt. II. Transnationalism from above and below -- pt. III. Identities, day-to-date realities and multiplex belongings.

Sommario/riassunto

The Bosnian Diaspora: Integration in Transnational Communities provides a comprehensive insight into the situation of the Bosnian Diaspora, including not only experiences in 'western' countries, but also the integration experiences of Bosnian migrants in neighbouring territories, such as Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. The book presents the latest trans-national comparative studies drawn from the US and Australia as well as countries across Europe, to explore post-crisis interactions among Bosnians and the impact of post-conflict related migration. Examining the common features of the Diaspora, including the responses of migrants to changes within Bosnia and the position of displaced people in both Bosnian society itself and local political discourses, this volume addresses the influence of global anti-Muslim rhetoric on the Bosnian Diaspora's self-identification and refugees' relationships to their home country. The extent to which refugees and returnees can be described as agents of globalization and social change is also considered, whilst addressing the issue of Bosnian integration into various receiving countries and the influence exercised by European reception policies on receiving nations outside Europe. An



extensive exploration of a major post-conflict European Diaspora, this book will appeal to those with interests in migration, ethnicity, integration and the displacement effects of Yugoslav conflicts.