Place Making in International Practice of Landscape Architecture A Study of Australian Practices in China

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.

Dr. Yun Zhang received her B.E. and M.E. in Architecture from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. Since August 1996, she had been in Hangzhou Architectural Design Institute as an architect for four years. In 2001, Dr. Zhang received M.Arch. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield, UK. She worked as a landscape architect in Sydney, Australia, for a year and then was teaching in China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, for another four years. In 2011, Dr. Zhang received a Ph.D. degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Since October 2011, she has been in Institute of Landscape Architecture in Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. She has been an associate professor in landscape architecture since December 2013.