沉痛悼念主编俞孔坚教授
中国共产党优秀党员、北京大学建筑与景观设计学院创院院长、北京大学博雅特聘教授，杰出国际景观设计师、景观设计教育家、《景观设计学（中英文）》期刊主编俞孔坚，于当地时间2025年9月23日在巴西潘塔纳尔地区开展生态考察期间，因飞机失事不幸罹难，享年62岁。
俞孔坚教授1963年4月出生于浙江金华。1980年进入北京林业大学园林系学习，先后获得学士和硕士学位。1987年毕业后留校任教，致力于园林设计人才培养。1992年赴美深造，1995年获哈佛大学设计学博士学位，随后在美国SWA集团从事设计实践。1997年，他毅然归国，投身祖国教育与科研事业，受聘为北京大学城市与环境学院教授。归国后, 他先后牵头创立北京大学景观规划设计研究中心、北京大学景观设计学研究院与北京大学建筑与景观设计学院，创办《景观设计学（中英文）》期刊，以毕生精力推动景观设计学科体系建设，为国家培养了大批高素质专业人才。
俞孔坚教授始终将城市与景观设计视作“生存的艺术”，率先倡导回归自然生态的“大脚美学”理念，并从理论研究、教学及工程项目实践，全方位、系统性践行这一理念，为行业发展指明方向。俞孔坚教授先后受聘担任住房和城乡建设部、自然资源部、水利部、国家文物局等中央政府机构及北京市等地方政府的专家顾问，中组部和国家劳动人事部聘“国家特聘专家”，同时兼任中国城市科学研究会副理事长、景观学与美丽中国专业委员会主任，住房和城乡建设部海绵城市技术委员会副主任，以及中国风景园林学会应对气候变化工作委员会主任等重要职务，为国家生态文明建设与城市规划发展建言献策。先后被中央组织部、中央宣传部、中央统战部联合授予“留学回国人员成就奖”，被国务院侨办授予“首届华侨华人专业人士杰出创业奖”。
在学术与实践领域，俞孔坚教授开创性提出“生态安全格局” 理论与“逆向规划”方法，将生态基础设施概念引入景观和城乡区域规划，为协调生态环境保护与城市建设发展的矛盾提供了科学解决方案，为国土空间规划奠定了工作基础。他带领团队精心研发并设计了一系列可复制、可推广的工程范例，这些成果已成功应用于全球十余个国家、200多个城市的1000余项城市生态修复工程，为改善各地人居环境、修复生态系统作出卓越贡献。由他主持设计的众多建成项目，凭借生态性与艺术性的完美融合，在国际舞台上享有盛誉，为应对全球生态危机提供了具有前瞻性的中国方案与中国智慧。俞孔坚教授曾受邀在国际景观设计师联盟（IFLA）等全球顶级学术与专业大会上发表主旨报告逾 50 次，其学术影响力遍及世界。他先后斩获美国风景园林师协会（ASLA）奖项12项、世界建筑节全球最佳景观奖9项、国际建筑奖3项、美国建筑奖2项，还荣获美国城市土地学会（ULI）全球杰出奖、第十届中国美展金奖等国内外重要奖项。2016年，当选美国艺术与科学学院外籍院士；2017年，获授意大利罗马大学荣誉博士学位；2019年，获授挪威生命科学大学荣誉博士学位；2020年，斩获世界景观学和风景园林学术界终身成就奖——杰弗里・杰里科爵士奖（Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award），以表彰他“为改善人类社会与人居环境、提升人类福祉所作出的杰出且意义深远的贡献”；2021年，荣获“柯布共同福祉奖”（John Cobb Common Good Award）；2023年，摘得美国国家景观设计与风景园林奖，同年从全球300余位提名者中脱颖而出，当选两年一度的奥伯兰德奖得主；2025年9月，入选《福布斯》2025年全球可持续发展领航者榜单，其贡献获得国际社会广泛认可。
俞孔坚教授出生于浙江金华东俞村，村中如今已不再的风水林与隔开临江村的白沙溪是孕育他生态理念的源泉，自幼深受中国传统生存智慧的滋养，使他一生怀揣人与自然和谐共生的理想，满腔热忱投身生态文明建设与“美丽中国”实践，始终为治愈面临危机的地球不懈奔走。在遇难前夕，他仍坚守在“地球之肺”巴西潘塔纳尔，发出振聋发聩的追问：“当最后的伊甸园也在退缩，人类还能从哪里得到生存的希望？”俞孔坚教授虽已远去，但他为治愈地球所开启的征程永不停歇，他所开拓的景观事业必将在后人的传承中继续前行！
槐荫寂寂，故园犹暖；先生已逝，精神长存。痛哉！我们永远失去了一位可亲可敬的好老师、志同道合的好同事、肝胆相照的好朋友、温暖慈爱的好家人。俞孔坚教授的离去，是北京大学的重大损失，更是中国乃至全球生态景观设计领域的巨大遗憾。谨向俞孔坚教授的家属致以最诚挚的慰问，对俞孔坚教授表示最沉痛的悼念，永远深切怀念俞孔坚教授！此次在巴西与俞孔坚教授同行的工作伙伴，还有巴西电影导演路易斯·费尔南多·费雷斯·达库尼亚·费拉兹，纪录片导演鲁本斯·克里斯皮姆·Jr，以及飞行员马塞洛·佩雷拉·德巴罗斯，同机人员无人生还。在此，谨向遇难者及其家属表示诚挚的哀悼！愿这些为壮丽自然探索到最后一刻的生命，在为之热爱的地球上安息！
俞孔坚教授告别仪式的具体时间与形式，将充分尊重家属意愿，另行通知。
北京大学建筑与景观设计学院
北京大学城市与环境学院
2025年9月25日
Dear peers,
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Professor Kongjian Yu.
An outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, founding dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape at Peking University, Boya Distinguished Professor, renowned international landscape architect, landscape design educator, and editor-in-chief of Landscape Architecture Frontiers journal, Professor Yu, tragically passed away at the age of 62 in a plane crash on September 23, 2025, while conducting ecological fieldwork in the Pantanal region of Brazil.
Professor Yu was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, in April 1963. He entered the Department of Landscape Architecture at Beijing Forestry University in 1980, where he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. After graduating in 1987, he remained at the university as a faculty member, dedicated to cultivating talent in landscape architecture. In 1992, he pursued further studies in the United States and earned the Doctor of Design degree from Harvard University in 1995. He then engaged in professional practice at the SWA Group in the U.S. In 1997, he resolutely returned to China to devote himself to the nation’s education and research endeavors, taking up a professorship at the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University. Following his return, he successively founded the Landscape Planning and Design Research Center, the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, and the College of Architecture and Landscape at Peking University. He also established the Landscape Architecture Frontiers journal, dedicating his entire life to advancing the discipline of landscape architecture and educating a large number of highly skilled professionals for the country.
Professor Yu always regarded urban and landscape design as “the art of survival.” He pioneered the concept of “Big Foot Beauty,” advocating for a return to natural ecology, and systematically implemented this philosophy through theoretical research, teaching, and practical engineering projects, setting a clear direction for the development of the profession. He successively served as an expert advisor to central government agencies including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the National Cultural Heritage Administration, as well as to local governments such as that of Beijing Municipality. He was appointed a National Distinguished Expert by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. He also held key positions including Vice President of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Director of the Beautiful China & Landscape Architecture Committee, Deputy Director of the Technical Committee for Sponge Cities under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and Director of the Climate Resilience Committee of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture. Through these roles, he contributed valuable insights to the nation’s ecological civilization and urban planning and development. He also received the national Achievement Award for Returned Overseas Scholars and the Inaugural Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship among Overseas Chinese Professionals.
In the academic and practical fields, Yu pioneered the theory of “Ecological Security Patterns” and the “Negative Planning” approach, introducing the concept of ecological infrastructure into landscape and urban–rural planning. His efforts provided a scientific solution for reconciling the conflicts between ecological conservation and urban development, laying a foundational basis for territorial spatial planning system. Under his leadership, his team developed and designed a series of replicable and scalable engineering models, which have been successfully applied in over 1,000 urban ecological restoration projects across more than 200 cities in over ten countries. These achievements have made outstanding contributions to improving living environments and restoring ecosystems worldwide. Many of his completed projects, acclaimed for their seamless integration of ecological and artistic values, enjoy international prestige and offer forward-thinking Chinese solutions and wisdom in response to the global ecological crisis.
Yu has delivered over 50 keynote speeches at top global academic and professional forums, including the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), reflecting his broad academic influence across the world. He has also received numerous prestigious awards, including 12 from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), 9 World Best Landscape Awards at the World Architecture Festival, 3 International Architecture Awards, 2 American Architecture Awards, one ULI Global Award of Excellence from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the Gold Medal at the 10th China Art Exhibition.
In 2016, Yu was elected as an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received honorary Doctorates from Sapienza University of Rome in 2017 and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in 2019. In 2020, he won the IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award, the highest lifetime achievement award in landscape architecture, in recognition of his profound and far-reaching contributions to improving human society, habitats, and well-being. In 2021, he received the John Cobb Common Good Award, and in 2023, he won the National Landscape Architecture Award and was selected as the laureate of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize from over 300 global nominees. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) awarded him the title of “Champion for Nature-based Solutions” In September 2025, he was named to the Forbes Sustainability Leaders, further affirming the broad international recognition of his contributions.
Professor Yu was born in Dongyu Village, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. The village’s now-vanished Fengshui forest and the Baisha Stream, which once separated it from Linjiang Village, nurtured his ecological philosophy. From an early age, he was deeply influenced by traditional Chinese wisdom of survival, instilling in him a lifelong ideal of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature. With immense passion, he dedicated himself to the cause of ecological civilization and the practice of “Beautiful China,” tirelessly striving to heal a planet in crisis. On the eve of his passing, he was still in Pantanal, Brazil—the “lungs of the Earth”—posing a haunting question: “When the last Eden is retreating, where can humanity still find hope for survival?” Though Professor Yu has departed, the journey he began to heal the Earth will never cease. The landscape career he pioneered will undoubtedly continue to advance through the legacy of those who follow.
The shade of the trees is silent, yet the homeland remains warm. The master has passed, but his spirit endures. What a profound loss! We have forever lost a dear and respected teacher, a like-minded colleague, a true and trusted friend, and a warm and loving family member. The passing of Professor Yu is a tremendous loss to Peking University, and an even greater regret for the field of ecological landscape design in China and across the world. We extend our deepest condolences to Professor Yu’s family, express our most profound sorrow for his passing, and will forever cherish his memory. Among those traveling with Professor Yu in Brazil were Brazilian film director Luiz Fernando Feres da Cunha Ferraz, documentary director Rubens Crispim Jr., and pilot Marcelo Pereira de Barros. There were no survivors. We hereby express our sincere mourning for the victims and their families. May those who explored the magnificent natural world until their final moments rest in peace on the Earth they so deeply loved.
The specific time and format of Yu’s farewell ceremony will be announced separately, with full respect for the wishes of his family.
College of Architecture and Landscape, Peking University
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
September 25, 2025
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