

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Designers of Mountain and Water
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri, 06 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This 2-day conference at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design will explore alternative landscapes for a changing climate.About this EventThe Sinographic compound (山水), denoting “mountain and water,” is widely shared across many Asian contexts, with different regional traditions and approaches. As shanshui in China, sansui in Japan, and sansu in Korea, the term has historically referred to creative artistic and philosophical visions of the natural world, combining the vital elements of a fully dynamic landscape. With climate change underway, what contemporary elements and dimensions of nature are necessary for designing and building sustainable spaces for human habitation and flourishing? Contemporary landscape architects from Northeast and Southeast Asia are trying to answer this question by rethinking the relation between social and natural forms. Their aim is to design habitable futures at the intersection of the two.This symposium will feature leading landscape architects and scholars from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, as well as Australia and the US, to discuss the perspectives, histories, politics, and the most compelling projects of sustainable design in the Asian context.This symposium accompanies the exhibition , which will be on display in the Druker Design Gallery from January 20 to April 4, 2026. Curated by Jungyoon Kim, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the GSD, the exhibition features more than 45 works of landscape architecture by 23 practices in Asia.This symposium and affiliated exhibition are organized by the Graduate School of Design and the Korea Institute, Harvard University. They are also supported by the Harvard University Asia Center, the Southeast Asia Initiative, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Kim Koo Forum at the Korea Institute, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The project is also supported by Daniel Urban Kiley Exhibition Fund at the GSD.Livestream Link: This event will be in person and livestreamed. The livestream is available at the top of this page: https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/designers-of-mountain-and-water-alternative-landscapes-for-a-changing-climate/Please note: RSVP does not guarantee entry, which is filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors open 15 minutes before the event begins, so be sure to arrive early.Thursday?: 06:30 PM - 08:00 PMOpening Keynote AddressHost: Sarah M. Whiting Info: Welcome remarks will be followed by the opening keynote address, presented by Marisa Chearavanont, Founder and Chairman of Khao Yai Art Forest and Bangkok Kunsthalle, Chair of the Chef Cares Foundation, and Special Advisor to the Senior Chairman of the Charoen Pokphand Group.?: 08:00 PM - 09:30 PMOpening ReceptionInfo: Druker Design GalleryFriday?: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AMPanel | Cultures of NatureHost: Jinah Kim Info: Moderated by Nicholas Harkness?: 10:45 AM - 12:10 PMPanel | The Work of Mountain and WaterHost: Youngmin KimInfo: Moderated by Jillian Walliss?: 12:10 PM - 01:30 PMLunch Break?: 01:30 PM - 02:55 PMPanel | Aesthetics of SustainabilityHost: Chisa TodaInfo: Moderated by Jungyoon Kim?: 03:15 PM - 04:40 PMPanel | Beyond Sansu, Sansui, ShanshuiHost: Yoonjin ParkInfo: Moderated by Gary Hilderbrand?: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PMClosing Remarks
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Harvard University Graduate School Of Design
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- **full address**: Harvard University Graduate School Of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, United States

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- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
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