Visual Studies
Making MMC Repeatable
A visual framework for repeatable MMC: shared language, an industry conductor, resilient supply chains, and a digital trust system.
Standardisation and Poetic Space
A visual thesis on how standardisation can liberate design, using classical gardens and the Cai-Fen system to show how shared rules enable poetic space.
The Canglang Pavilion: Mechanism and Poetry in Song Dynasty Space-Making
A visual study of the Canglang Pavilion, using plans, photographs, and analysis to reveal how Song-dynasty space-making achieved both mechanism and poetry.
Parallel Zhuozheng Garden
A visual study of Zhuozheng Garden using long-exposure photography to reveal stillness, composition, and the deeper order beneath tourist movement.
Notes from the Jichang Garden
A reflective note on Jichang Garden, its extraordinary spatial composition, its rare lineage of preservation, and the quiet presence of Zheng Li’s restoration.