{"id":1138,"date":"2009-03-12T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T10:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2009-03-12T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T10:03:46","slug":"chinese-landscape-architecture-competition-for-tiananman-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/chinese-landscape-architecture-competition-for-tiananman-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese landscape architecture competition for Tiananman Square"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tripper54<\/a>

Tripper54 put this on Flickr with the caption 'me at tiananmen square'<\/p><\/div>\n

The landscape architecture profession in China has grown rapidly but now faces a supreme challenge: how to re-design\u00a0 Tiananmen Square.\u00a0 Though understandable, Tiananmen Square was a blunder and this should be recognized. Only then can it become the brilliant centre of world culture which Beijing deserves. Its current design is understandable for three reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. China had no tradition of creating public open space in towns\u00a0 at the time it was designed and nor did it have a\u00a0 landscape architecture profession<\/li>\n
  2. The design inspiration for Tiananmen Square came from Soviet Russia, which could just as well have taught lessons in running fair trials<\/li>\n
  3. As the capital of the world’s most populous country, the Beijing authorities wanted to have the world’s largest and greatest urban square<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The present landscape design of Tiananmen Square is regrettable\u00a0 for three reasons:<\/p>\n

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    1. the section of the Ming capital it replaced should most certainly have been conserved<\/li>\n
    2. the landscape design of the new square was horrific: it has scarcely any use, scarcely any beauty, and is totally unsuited to Beijing’s climate. People just stand around with nothing to do but take ‘I was there’ photographs of each other.<\/li>\n
    3. the tragic events of\u00a0 1989 are, one assumes, as much regretted in Beijing as they are in the rest of the world<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      So what should be done? It is loved as the heart of the nation and I can’t say – but finding an answer is a great challenge for the landscape architecture profession, hence the\u00a0 Web 2.0 Landscape Competition announced today<\/a>. + more information on the Tiananmen landscape architecture competition <\/a>(and a October 2009\u00a0 blog post about the competition<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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      The grey slabbed area is the famous Tiananmen Square in Beijing<\/p><\/div>\n

      See also:\u00a0 Previous post on Asian gardens and landscapes<\/a>
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