"Nature, Man, and Spirits as One is the philosophy underlying all of Turenscape's designs"
"Tu means dirt, earth, or the land while Ren means people, the man or human being. Once these two characters come together, Turen, it means earth man, a relationship between land and people."
The practise is very much in touch with its local culture and focuses its philosophy on traditional aspects of the culture. It is interesting to see how they balance these values alongside keeping current, as they have quite a few ongoing publications ranging from 1998-2023 which shows that knowledge and keeping up to date is an important aspect of their practise.
This is reflected in their 'sponge city' projects which intertwines the ideology of Turen with modern day technology, finding an almost compromise between the two.
Sponge City A sponge city is a new urban construction model for flood management, strengthening ecological infrastructure and drainage systems, proposed by Chinese researchers in early 2000 and accepted by the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council as urbanism policy in 2014
From sifting through their projects, they have a niche focus on integrating wetland and urban areas, their response is almost medical, offering a fresh taste but also healing and improving the existing ecological environment.
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