Up to the Mountains, Down to the Countryside - "Gu" at the Margins

This project explores marginal site clusters through densely organized, section-like spatial morphologies combined with playful modes of public participation.

It invites people to work alongside architects— through hands-on actions, visual engagement, and collective interaction—to attend to the living conditions, growth processes, and regenerative potential of isolated sites at the margins.

Drawing from the concept of "Gu" rooted in western China, the project adopts a mode of practice that responds from within local conditions rather than imposing external models or abstract forms. By engaging directly with existing environments, materials, and behavioral patterns, the work develops site-specific interventions that emerge through interaction rather than prescription.

Through interactive, planting-like actions-such as inserting flowers, paper strips, or seeds-participants' thoughts and vitality are guided into the landscape. As these actions accumulate over time, abstract and densely organized spatial formations gradually evolve into a vivid, fertile forest of spatial relationships, shaped by participation, growth, and continual transformation.