10/23/2024 at 03:00pm | UMass Boston

Can transforming cities into sponges make us more resilient?

Join Umass Boston Wednesday, October 23 for the third forum in the Chancellor’s Lecture Series as renowned landscape architect and urbanist Kongjian Yu presents his globally recognized “sponge city” concept.

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Join us Wednesday, October 23 for the third forum in the Chancellor’s Lecture Series as renowned landscape architect and urbanist Kongjian Yu, professor and founding dean of Peking University College of Architecture and Landscape and founder and design principal of Turenscape, presents his globally recognized “sponge city” concept.

From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience
“Sponge Cities: The Future of Sustainable Urban Design”

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Campus Center Ballroom, UMass Boston
3-4:15 p.m.
Lecture will be followed by a fireside chat with Chancellor
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and School for the Environment Dean Carol Thornber
Registration requested, please click here.
If you are unable to attend the event in person,
you are welcome to join via YouTube.
For more information, visit umb.edu/chancellorslectureseries.