Tongji University：Richard Register’s 4th Stop of Speaking Tour On Ecocity

Richard Register, internationally renowned ecologist and Board President of Ecocity Builders, lectures on "Generous City, City of the Future." in the four famous universities of Tianjin, Tsinghua, Southeast and Tongji.

On 4th April, Richard Register came to the Conference Hall of Tongji University, his 4th stop. 

He explained in details the standards, principle and construction details of ecocities and enumerated the ecological engineering approach & demonstration, related case researches and marketization practice, then showed lots of his sketches of ecocity models. His speech was very welcomed and appreciated by the teachers & students of Tongji University. They had a heated discussion with Richard Register on this topic.

Yang Guiqing, Architecture Professor of Tongji University, Doctoral Tutor and Master of Design from Harvard University, Peng Zhenwei, Party Secretary of Architecture School of Tongji University, Tang Zilai, Director of Urban and rural planning Dept. of Tongji University, Wang Lan, Associate Professor of Urban and rural planning Dept. of Tongji University, and Li Qing, Lecture of Architecture School of Tongji University and Post-doctor of University of Illinois at Chicago-UIC attended the lecture, exchanged their ideas with Richard Register and expected to cooperate on research in the area of ecological urban area construction.

After this lecture, Richard Register presented his book “Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature” to the Architecture Department of Tongji University and Professor Yang gave his book “RURAL CHINA” to Richard Register. 

Richard Register’s Speech at Tongji University 

Teachers and students of Tongji University listening to his speech

A group photo of Richard Register and heads of Architecture School of Tongji University

Photo of Richard Register and Professor Yang

Richard Register, pioneer of internationally modern ecocity drive, coined the word “Ecocity” in 1979 and then published many books on ecocity. In his book“Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature”, he advocated three standards for ecocity: life, beauty and fairness.

He has been focusing on ecocity construction in China and the formulation of related standards on ecological and green buildings. Recently, Richard Register has been invited to the 10th IGEBC and delivered a keynote speech on the topic of “Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature”. Then he will give a tour speaking in the four famous universities Tianjin, Tsinghua, Southeast and Tongji.