The Chinese architect and landscape Kongjian Yu, 62, considered One of the greatest architects in the worldhe was one of four victims of a plane crash at the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul, on Tuesday night (23).
The architect’s innovative approach was focused on ecology, and he became famous for creating the theory and method of systematic construction of “Sponge Cities”.
Besides him, the crash also died in the accident Luiz Fernando Feres da Cunha Ferraz e Rubens Crispim Jr.besides the pilot MARCELO PEREIRA DE BARROS. They were in the Pantanal for production of a documentary called “Sponge Planet”.
Kongjian Yu was born in 1963 in Zhejiang province and had an extensive academic curriculum. He was a doctor in Design from Harvard University and was also a rector and teacher at School of Architecture and Landscaping of the University of Beijing.
O and adopted as a national policy in China exploited ecological principles and landscaping methods for the control of urban floods and rainwater management.
The architect was internationally recognized member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016, and receiving honorary doctor titles from the University of Rome (2017) and the Norwegian University of Biological Sciences (2019).
Fall of the aircraft
Besides the architect, two filmmakers and the aircraft pilot . The victims were identified as the Brazilian filmmaker Luiz Fernando Feres DA CUNHA FERRAZthe documentary filmmaker Rubens Crispim Jr. and the pilot MARCELO PEREIRA DE BARROS.
due to the distance and the conditions of access to the site.
According to the corporation, the accident occurred at the time the aircraft would be landing at Barra Mansa Farm.
In a note, the FAB (Brazilian Air Force) confirmed the accident with the PT-Ban registration aircraft in the municipality of Aquidauana.
“Investigators of Seripa IV (Fourth Regional Service for Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention) – Cenipa regional agency, based in São Paulo (SP) – were called to perform the initial action of the occurrence. During the initial action, qualified and accredited professionals apply specific techniques for data collection and confirmation, preservation of elements, initial verification of damage caused to the aircraft, and the survey of other information, other information survey or the aircraft, and the aircraft verification. necessary for the investigation, “says the note.
The Mato Grosso do Sul Civil Police reported that it was called in to meet the occurrence and that the corporation’s teams are on the field to raise the preliminary data of the accident.
*Under supervision of Tonny Aranha
