Dou Zhang, FASLA

Sasaki, Shanghai
by Staff

Boston Chapter - Category: Works

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Boston Chapter - Category: Works

Dou Zhang is a visionary and versatile designer. A pioneer of sustainable landscape architecture in China, she has led the design for projects that are winning international design awards, proactively embracing LEED and SITES, and engaging new audiences as these landscapes deftly weave longer cultural and ecological histories. Dou spent her early years building large public parks in the United States before transitioning her focus to public and private planning and design projects in China. She established the Sasaki Shanghai Office in 2012, which focuses on design integrity with creativity, sustainability, and construction quality, leading the evolution of landscape practice in the country. Among its many significant and award-winning works are: Xuhui Runway Park, Shanghai-linear spaces of diverse scales, materials, typography, and programs for vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and water; Jiading Central Park, Shanghai-a 173-acre park, with four major unique paths (Dynamic, Tranquil, Water, and Tree) that interweave and interact with a variety of park elements as choreography of movement; and Luohu Streetscape and Guang-Shen Railway Corridor Revitalization, Shenzhen, China-by combining urban design, landscape architecture, and architecture, Dou transformed the existing railway into a major public open space corridor. In addition to Dou's many speaking engagements and robust publication activity, she teaches the landscape graduate design studio at Tongji University.