Xu TianTian

Xu Tiantian (DnA _Design and Architecture), will deliver the lecture “Into the Island” on the ecological entanglements on Meizhou Island. Maur Dessauvage will give an introduction and will be joined by David Barragán to provide a response following the presentation and host a Q&A session.

Xu Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture and Professor in Practice at Tsinghua University School of Architecture. She received her Baccalaureate in Architecture from Tsinghua University in China, and her Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) from Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 2020, she was appointed an Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Architects. Xu Tiantian has engaged extensively in the rural revitalizing process in rural China. Her groundbreaking “Architectural Acupuncture” is a holistic approach to the social and economic revitalization of rural China and has been selected by UN Habitat as the case study of Inspiring Practice on Urban-Rural Linkages. She received numerous awards including the 2022 Swiss Architectural Award, the 2023 Berlin Art Prize / Kunstpreis Berlin (Architecture category), 2023 Marcus Prize and 2023 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture by UNESCO and Cite de l'Architecture & du Patrimoine.

Organized by the MS in Advanced Architectural Design program as part of the AAD Arguments Lecture Series.