Stone Voids Xu Tiantian’s Reactivation of the Huangyan Quarries

arc en rêve is an architecture center founded in Bordeaux in 1981. The independent institution presents exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and publications on architecture, urbanism, and the built environment. For more than 40 years, arc en rêve has been working to expand the impact and perception of architecture in society and create a space for dialogue and critical reflection.

Xu Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA Design and Architecture and professor at Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing. In 2004, she was the first woman in China to set up her own practice. Xu holds a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University and a master’s in urban design from Harvard Graduate School of Design.