The Songyang Story

By Wang Jun, Eduard Koegel, Saskia Sassen , Remy Sietchiping , Martino Stierli , Xu Tiantian , Kirsten Feireiss (editor) , Hans-Jurgen Commerell (editor)

Book cover of The Songyang Story: Architectural Acupuncture as Driver for Progress in Rural China

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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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Simon Unwin

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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.

From Simon's 3 favorite reads in 2023.