Reactivating Public Life through Water. Lessons from the Forgotten Historical Canals in Guangzhou

In the heart of the Pearl River Delta, the city of Guangzhou is fast-growing and prone to flooding. In history, people constructed canals based on natural waterways to deal with water problems. The canal system not only served as an important infrastructure but was also as the backbone of urban life. The city was built around its canals; they...

Designing Coastal Interfaces: Landscape architecture explorations in the Pearl River Delta, the Haringvliet and Pekalongan City through six MSc-graduation projects

This graduation studio explores the potential of a landscape-based regional design approach to contribute to more resilient coastal landscapes around the globe. Such an approach addresses the interaction between the natural and urban landscape throughout the scales of space and time. It takes the landscape as the basis for sustainable urban...