A founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture, 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 delivers this talk at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design.

Xu Tiantian 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. She is an AIA Honorary Fellow and elected member of Akademie der Künste in Berlin. She has received numerous awards including the Swiss Architectural Award, Kunstpreis Berlin and the Wolf Prize in Architecture.