Founder @ DnA _Design
EN: Xu Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture and Professor in Practice at Tsinghua University. She received her Baccalaureate in Architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and her Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Xu Tiantian has engaged extensively in the rural revitalizing process in 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 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2023, the Berlin Art Prize / Kunstpreis Berlin- Architecture 2023, and the 2022 Swiss Architectural Award. In 2020, she was appointed an Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Architects.