Identity

Kongjian Yu

Peking University

From the Art of Survival to the Art Beyond Survival

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
6:00 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

Landscape Architecture sponsored lecture - JJR/Deb Mitchell Lecture 

Time Magazine (2006) called Kongjian Yu as “A force of nature.”  Professor Yu received is the founder and Dean of the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture at Peking University, and the founder and President of Turenscape, an internationally awarded firm with more than 400 professionals.  He earned his Doctor of Design Degree at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 1995.  Among numerous international awards, Dr. Yu is a five-time winner of ASLA Honor Awards in the past years for his ecologically and culturally sensitive projects.  Part of the title of his lecture for the University of Illinois “The Art of Survival,” comes from his memorable definition of landscape architecture. 

Additional Information

 Plym Auditorium

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Fall 2009 Lectures

Contacts

Lecture Committee: Stewart Hicks                Erik Hemingway              Julie Larsen                    John Senseney