An Interview with Xu Tian Tian, DnA Design and Architecture

"In China there’s history but there’s no existing context. All the contexts are made for the future. Most of the designs, most of the buildings are only designed for a planning scenario lasting five or ten years. And in that case, first of all, you need to accommodate functions for the future, for the planned purpose. I’d say even though the current project is in a very rural area, it could soon, let’s say in just one or two years, become a populated area. So that’s a different challenge here when you are designing in China."
- Xu Tian Tian, Beijing 2013

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Cite: Pier Alessio Rizzardi. "An Interview with Xu Tian Tian, DnA Design and Architecture" 16 Jun 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/642625/an-interview-with-xu-tian-tian-dna-design-and-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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