The Songyang Story
Book description
In 2014, Xu Tiantian, founder of Beijing-based studio Design and Architecture (DnA) began to work in Songyang County, in China's Zhejiang Province. Her exemplary holistic planning concept of Architectural Acupuncture, which has gained the support of local administrative and political leadership, aims at revitalising rural areas and comprises the renovation…
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1 author picked The Songyang Story as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book illustrates the work of architects Xu Tiantian and DnA_Beijing in the Songyang region of China.
All the work manages to respect the culture and character of the region whilst not being a slave to historical appearance and the use of traditional materials and building techniques. The result is a masterclass in the insertion of new buildings into old geography and human settlement.
The authors of the book term this approach ‘acupuncture’, a term which carries both the precision in the way in which the work is conceived and the therapeutic benefit to the communities affected.
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