Starting from local dwelling and natural texture, he tried to improve experience for visitors on the easternmost island in China by generating spaces meet both needs of traditional culture and current function under the seemingly dramatically opposite old and new architectural forms. Meanwhile, he explored the island stone house to construct skills as an appropriate technology (low tech), regional cultural of reference, its interventional reconstruction of the possibility and sustainable idea of the reflection and necessity.

Shen Shengzhe, Founder and Chief Architect of Zen-in Architects. Master of Architecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts. He has mainly engaged in the construction of the integration of traditional culture and modern civilization, committed to the transformation of old cities, ancient villages, historical blocks and industrial heritage areas, to meet the functional requirements in the new era, and to explore the continuation of intangible cultural heritage in urban and rural life.

Zen-In Architects, founded in 2015,is a design firm that loves tradition and innovation. Its main work focuses on two key words: Renewal and Innovation. • Renew the vitality of traditional space: we are engaged in the construction of the integration of traditional culture and modern civilization, committed to the transformation of old cities, traditional villages and historical blocks, to meet the functional requirements in the new era, and to explore the continuation of intangible cultural heritage in urban and rural life. Through protection and innovation, we make up for and reshape the vitality of the declining traditional space piece, reflecting the complete lifeline of urban and rural culture. Through planning, architecture, landscape, interior design, modern art and so on, we provide an integrated solution to highlight its regional and cultural characteristics. • Innovate new space carriers: we try new forms of space and behavior organization to find and reinvent new generalized space from the perspectives of materials, structure, technology and vision, such as commercial scenes, art exhibitions, public activities and industrial products. We are not bound by the time and space of conventional architecture, and combine architecture with new technology and multimedia to make feasible solutions.