Xu Tiantian: How Can Small Architectural Interventions Create Big Changes?

In this episode of the Design Perspectives podcast, Xu Tiantian is our guest – an internationally acclaimed Chinese architect and founder of the Beijing-based architecture practice DnA_Design and Architecture. For her place-based approach and her work on the revitalisation of rural regions in China, she received the honorary award “Architects of the Year” at the ICONIC AWARDS 2026 together with her practice. Host Martin Pauli speaks with her about her approach of “architectural acupuncture” and the question of how architecture can respond to the specific conditions of a place and a community.