DnA_Design and Architecture   China   The fact that what we call ‘nature’ or looks like ‘nature’ is often a human-made construction is demonstrated by sceneries like this one in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, a carpet of hills that conceals more than 3,000 quarries exploited in the co

DnA_Design and Architecture   China   Divided into six spaces corresponding to the stages of tofu-making, shown to visitors thanks to a covered footpath that crosses through the factory, this timber building uses mortise-and-tenon joints to evoke vernacular architecture...

Xu Tiantian   China   Located east of Beijing, right next to the sixth ring road of the city, Songzhuang is the most important artist village in China, and in the last years, with the boom of the art market there, it is undergoing a dramatic population growth. Located by

Xu Tiantian Since its establishment in 2007, the Swiss Architectural Award, organized by the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio in collaboration with EPFL-ENAC and the ETH of Zurich, has risen as one of most prestigious international architectura

Songzhuang, una ciudad situada a pocos kilómetros de Pekín, alberga la comunidad de artistas más grande del país. La creciente demanda de viviendas para albergarlos, provocada por el boom del mercado artístico chino, ha generado una reacción inmobili