The power of one person: How great that could be? The architect uses his full efforts and resources to improve the environment of his hometown, in three phases, for which he designates this project as “Hometown Trilogy”. The principle is similar to acupuncture, in faith that a small stimulation of one’s own could have a ripple effect to influence the minds of the fellow villagers.

Trilogy Part 1: No Dust The architect spent his childhood in an agricultural village in Guangzhou of southern China, which has now become a village-within-city. The majority of old vernacular houses have been taken down to give ways to high-rise tenement apartments for migrant workers, whilst the remaining ones are left deserted. The architect first removes the weeds and mud on the roof tiles of his ancestral home, uses vacuum cleaner to clean the accumulated dust, and video-photographed the process. Through a public display of parade event, the architect calls for the local residents’ awareness and respect towards preservation of traditional houses. Trilogy Part 2: Eastern Altar Project At the four corners of the village, there were once altars and pavilions. These were so-called “The Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Shi (Altars)”, the most important social venues in this village. The altars were damaged and left behind as trash, due to the civic mindlessness of the migrant workers newly moved in, as well as the destruction caused by the Cultural Revolution. The architect redesigns the Eastern Altar and attempts to revitalize it as a social gathering space once again.

Trilogy Part 3: Ancestral Hall Project In addition to the ancestral home, the architect’s family owes a small piece of residential land. Since it won?t be any compensation if a land has nothing to build on it, the architect is required to construct an unoccupied building with a low budget. Considering this challenge as an opportunity, the architect proposes to build a new family ancestral hall with open activities, using contemporary architectural languages for place making and reconnect the neighborhood.

一個人的力量有多大？建築師嘗試以一人之力、一人所有之資源，在他所能所及的地方，以三部曲的形式作出小改善；以小處影響大，如針灸的原理，去改變一班人的想法。

首部曲：無垢
建築師兒時居住的家鄉農村－－廣州古料村，現在已變成城中村。絕大部分的古民宅都被拆建成高層公寓，出租給外來的民工，而餘下來的都給荒廢了。建築師首先清理自己袓屋瓦頂的雜草和幾十年的泥沙，甚至以吸塵機清理最底層的泥麈，並以攝影及錄像方法記錄。最後以巡遊及公共展示的方式，喚起村民對古民宅的尊重。

二部曲：東社計劃
村落的四角本來設置了社稷壇及涼亭，原是村民最重要的社交場所，曰東、南、西、北社。但外來人口缺乏公德心，加上文革破壞了傳統意識，連神社也變成垃圾崗。建築師以改善神社的設計，企圖復興原來的社交場所。

三部曲：家祠計劃
除祖居外，建築師還有一小塊家族擁有的住宅基地。一塊土地上如果沒有上蓋的話，拆遷時是不會收到賠償的；因此要以低價建一棟沒人住的樓房。以此為一契機，建築師欲建一棟家族的祠堂，以當代的建築語言及開放的活動場所，重建這??的社區關係。