Tongji University × University of Pennsylvania Jointly hosted

Design with Nature, a monograph published in 1969, pioneered the concept of ecological planning and aroused the global public's deep concern about environmental issues. On the 56th anniversary of the publication of this landmark book, Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania jointly held the Design with Nature Now International Landscape Master Forum to commemorate this great book and the outstanding contributions of its author Ian McHarg. This event is also another important academic cooperation achievement between Tongji University and the University of Pennsylvania.

The Design with Nature Now International Landscape Masters Forum will be held on July 6, 2025 in Shanghai Yangpu Show Bund, inviting well-known domestic and foreign landscape masters, experts and scholars, landscape planning and design practitioners, and students to gather together to conduct academic exchanges and practice sharing around cutting-edge topics such as landscape research, practice, management, and education. The event will showcase the latest achievements in human settlement environment construction and sustainable development through contemporary practice and academic dialogue, and reinterpret the practical significance of the idea of combining design with nature in addressing global issues such as climate change, biodiversity crisis, and rapid urbanization.

The topics in this forum include:

Ideological continuity: a new interpretation of Ian McHarg's theory in contemporary environmental challenges

Innovative practice: cutting-edge cases in dealing with issues such as sea level rise, soil pollution, urban sprawl, and ecological degradation

Future vision: design education and practice that integrates digital technology, ecology, and humanities

Catherine SEAVITT

Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania; Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism

Tom LEADER

Internationally renowned landscape architect, founder and principal of TLS Landscape Architecture in Berkeley, CA

Jon HAZELWOOD

Internationally renowned landscape architect, Principal / Sector Leader – Public Realm of Hassell Studio

ZHANG Bo

Professor at Oklahoma State University, Vice President of The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), the United States

ZHU Xiangming

National Engineering Survey and Design Master, China, Vice President of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, President of Shanghai Landscape Architecture Society

LI Cundong

National Engineering Survey and Design Master, Secretary General of the Architectural Society of China, Chief Landscape Designer of the China Architecture Design & Research Institute

WANG Xiangrong

Executive Director of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Landscape Architecture, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University

ZHU Yufan

Director, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor of the Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

ZHANG Ming

Changjiang Scholars, Shanghai Engineering Survey and Design Master, Director of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Tongji University/ Chief Architect of Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

CHENG Yuning

Distinguished Professor of Southeast University, Director of the Landscape Architecture Department of the School of Architecture, Jiangsu Province Design Master

WANG Zhongjie

Dean of the Landscape Architecture and Landscape Research Branch of China Academy of Urban Planning and Design

TONG Ming

Professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Architecture, Southeast University

International Landscape Masters Forum: July 6, 2025 (Sunday) 09:00-12:00; 14:00-17:30

Exhibition and forum venue: Shanghai Yangpu Riverside Minghua Sugar Warehouse (No. 415, Anpu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai)

Guiding Unit

Tongji University

Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture

Shanghai Landscape Architecture Society

Organizers

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Shanghai Yangpu Riverside Investment Development (Group) Co., Ltd.

Co-organizers

Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute Co.,Ltd.

Shanghai Fengyuzhu Culture Technology Co., ltd

Chinese Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture

Gardens

Urban Planning Forum

Time+Architecture

Landscape Architecture and Sustainability (English)

Forum Executive Committee

DAI Daixin丨Forum Coordinator

Email: urbanplanning@126.com

Address: Room 129, Building B, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai

Tel: +86 13601889081

You need to register in advance to attend the opening ceremony. Registration information is required for admission on the opening day. Please scan the QR code below to register your personal information before July 2, 2025. You need to pay for your own round-trip transportation, food and accommodation.