XU Tiantian / DnA_Design and Architecture, Beijing Architecture, Jinyun Quarries Berlin Exhibition, Germany Design Show
XU Tiantian / DnA_Design and Architecture, Beijing in Berlin
3 March 2022
Location of design: Jinyun County Bihui Quarry, Jinyun County, Zhejiang, China
Photos: Wang Ziling © DnA_Design and Architecture
Jinyun Quarries ? The Quarry as Stage
From economic exploitation to ecological reuse

Exhibition: 19 March ? 5 May 2022

Opening: 18 March 2022, 6.30pm; Information will follow via newsletter

Venue: Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstr. 18?19, 10119 Berlin

Opening Hours: Tue?Fri 11am?6.30pm, Sun?Mon 1?5pm and Sat, 19 March 2022, 1?5pm
Performance at the Jinyun Quarries stage
XU Tiantian / DnA_Design and Architecture, Beijing at Aedes Architecture Forum
The mountainous landscape of Jinyun County in Zhejiang Province, China, has been shaped by the manual mining of natural stone. For the rugged and hard-to-access region, the Beijing architect Xu Tiantian and her team were asked to develop strategies for new uses for nine of the over 3000 small, abandoned quarries, which now provide a stage for cultural and social activities, and simultaneously strive for ecological improvements and create new economic perspectives for the rural population. The pits, provided with new functions, have become part of a public infrastructure that puts historical aspects extending back over a thousand years as well as the everyday culture heritage in a new context. The exhi...