Exhibition from April 25 to October 27, 2024:
The latest project of the DnA agency, the reconversion of the stone quarries of Huangyan provides for the gradual reactivation of 20,000 m2 of disused spaces. The exhibition presents the development of these rock galleries, studies on the ecosystem that was formed and dialogue with the community.
For the past decade, the name Xu Tiantian has been associated with numerous infrastructure revitalization projects in rural China. By approaching architecture as a lever for territorial development, the architect relies on local traditions and know-how to initiate new dynamics and revitalize the economy of the territories. In this long-term work, the transformation of an old stone quarry into a public space in 2019 was a highlight. 3,000 abandoned quarries remain today in Jinyun County alone, a heritage with enormous potential for this Chinese hinterland deeply marked by rural exodus and today in search of a new vocation.
In the wake of this first restorative intervention, the project to redevelop the Huangyan stone quarries in Taizhou City provides for the return to the community and the gradual reactivation of 20,000 m2 of disused spaces. Dedicated to this new project of the agency DnA, founded by Xu Tiantian in 2004, the exhibition empty of stone presents the development of these rocky galleries, studies on the ecosystem that has formed over the years and dialogue with the local community set up by the architect throughout the construction site.
The presentation of this highly symbolic reconversion is also an opportunity to question the future of this industrial heritage at the local level: no less than 1,400 quarries have been identified in Gironde in recent years.
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