zhaoyang architects was founded in Dali, Yunnan province in 2012. The practice tries to explore architectural solutions to the emerging Chinese urban and rural conditions. And relate architecture to a tangible social, cultural and natural background. “Mutuality of site strategies and ways of life” can be used to summarize the method behind each project. The idea of the order in the genus loci, the order of things in a place and specific life situation that give architecture form, movement, and rhythm. We strive to knowing the raison d’etre in a place, and then expressing them as they are in the new form of now. This lecture is composed by typical completed and on-going projects during the past 10 years to explain the method and mentality behindfor.