Cropped preview; see the original photograph. The photograph does not confirm the venue’s present condition.
01 / Building stories
Read a building, discover a way of living.
The former Jesuit college took on government and administrative roles and remains connected to regional institutions. Education, power and reception left different uses within one place.
On an authorised visit, notice connections between rooms and the sequence of movement. History also lies in who enters which room and where they wait.
What to notice
Confirm booking, tickets and visitable areas with management; official events may alter access.
Ge invites us to ask why a place changes. When its role changes, what remains and what must be reorganised? Keeping and renewing both need concrete judgement beyond a preference for old or new.
Start with the architecture
Ge asks more than how a name changes: how do relationships of power change with a new use?
Bring the question into everyday life
Think of a change in your life and separate the value to preserve from the form that can change. The building cannot decide for you, but continuity can allow transformation.
Try an observation here
Pause, record one observed detail and respond to the question below. Notes can hold doubts and different opinions; leave out other people’s private information.
How does a room change meaning with its users?
A contemporary cultural reading by Xiaoxiong inspired by the I Ching. The connection with the building is an editorial perspective, not the architect’s intention or a documented historical influence. It is not fortune-telling.
03 / Nearby life
A nearby table
Dining map records within three kilometres in a straight line of the reference point. Walls, railways and slopes may lengthen the journey. Check the entrance and whether the business is open.
This selection covers the current municipality. Near hills, rivers and municipal boundaries, plan transport using actual roads.
The map may omit businesses. Records do not confirm trading status, menus or bookings. Records with an address are shown by default; you can include the others.
