In Guangzhou's old towns, buildings have either become tourism resources due to their historical value, or have become decaying shells due to their location and lack of functionality, or have become the short-lived vanity of curiosity seekers on social media. Timelessness and traces have become disposable, and under the impact of tourism and social media, they are faced with the choice of being reborn as commercial or decaying. Historically, architectural projects in China have been dismantled into woodwork, earthwork, stonework, and lacquerwork, with architects becoming closer to tailors and carpenters.
Craftsmanship is both the tool and the result, and because of its scale and interface, it strongly suggests the way it once existed and its inclination. Architecture, on the other hand, has become generic and banal under the onslaught of modernisation, and it has lost its tendency to wrap itself around and shape the subject. This time, we focus on the use of architecture, on the traces of humanity in architecture, on the remnants of lifestyle and culture, and on the link between architecture and craftsmanship.