Introduction This text is written on the happy occasion of Professor Wu Liangyong’s one hundredth birthday and as homage to him as a“people’s architect,”planner,historian,educator,dreamer,and humanist.His oeuvre,o...Introduction This text is written on the happy occasion of Professor Wu Liangyong’s one hundredth birthday and as homage to him as a“people’s architect,”planner,historian,educator,dreamer,and humanist.His oeuvre,overcoming two centuries of catastrophic crises,bridges critical understanding of the past and visionary planning for the future.It brings together in a systemic,holistic synthesis design,construction,regional science,history,and urban sociology.Here,we trace concisely,the development of his thinking and practice,his optimism to conceive.展开更多
文摘Introduction This text is written on the happy occasion of Professor Wu Liangyong’s one hundredth birthday and as homage to him as a“people’s architect,”planner,historian,educator,dreamer,and humanist.His oeuvre,overcoming two centuries of catastrophic crises,bridges critical understanding of the past and visionary planning for the future.It brings together in a systemic,holistic synthesis design,construction,regional science,history,and urban sociology.Here,we trace concisely,the development of his thinking and practice,his optimism to conceive.
