Kongjian Yu, Creator of the Sponge City Concept, Passes Away in Brazil Plane Crash

His significant contributions were widely recognized, including the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize. The jury for this prestigious award hailed him as "a force for progressive change in landscape architecture around the world." Yu's passing is a profound loss to the fields of landscape architecture and environmental sustainability, but his legacy and transformative ideas will continue to shape cities for generations to come.