Place Making in International Practice of Landscape Architecture

This book explores international practice in landscape architecture, focusing on the provision of services from Australia to China during China's contemporary urbanization and Australian landscape architects' approaches to place. Landscape architectural practice requires planners and designers to have a deep understanding of local culture, site characteristics, craftsmanship and even project procedures that are often intangible. How to acquire the above local knowledge has become a major challenge for international teams. Through the survey of the practice of Australian landscape practices in China and the case study of Li Lake planning and design project, this book reveals the process and difficulties of landscape planning and design as a transnational practice, as well as its special value as a way of cross-cultural fertilization. This book is intended for students, practitioners and researchers in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture and urban planning.

Studies the cognitive approach to the characteristics of place and local knowledge in landscape planning and design practice Surveys the exports of landscape architectural services from Australia to China during the period from 1995 to 2007 Reveals the cognitive approach of international practice to the characteristics of place and local knowledge in the planning and design of Li Lake area in China and the outcomes Provides valuable guidance for cross-cultural knowledge exchange of international planning and design services

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Yun Zhang (M'13-SM'18) was born in Jiangsu, China. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2010. Subsequently, he joined the Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, as a Lecturer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, where he is currently a Professor of Power Electronics. From Dec. 2016 to Dec. 2017, he was an Academic Visitor with the Power Electronics, Machines and Control (PEMC) Group at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.. His current research interests include topologies, modulation, and control strategies of power converters for electric vehicles, microgrids, and renewable energies. Dr. Zhang was selected as one of the 300 Innovating Talents in Tianjin, and one of the Peiyang Youth Scholars at the Tianjin University respectively in 2018. He is an Associate Editor of the JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS, and was also awarded as the Outstanding Dedication and Contribution Prize towards this journal in 2018. Shenghan Gao was born in Anhui, China. She received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the North China University of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2018. She received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and started working towards the Ph.D. degree in energy and power from the Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2021. Her current research interests include DC-DC converters and energy management of electric vehicles as well as photovoltaic systems.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Knowing and Re-forming Place.- Research Design.- Australia's Supply of International Landscape Architectural Services.- China as a Site of Demand for International Landscape Architectural Services.- The Li Lake Area and the Proposed Development.- The Practice of Australian Landscape Architects.- The Identified Local Characteristics.