Mu launched similar programs over the years. He showed people how to build houses with ropes in forests near Wuhan and held art camps for children during a Sino-French architectural festival.

Mu's activities have attracted increasing attention and admiration and he then got the opportunity to build a theme park, Wiki Tribe, with Sunac China and other institutions. The purpose of the project in Zhejiang province's Huzhou is to allow children and parents from the city and countryside to design and build public buildings.

Mu believes his appreciation of the benefits of nature is making inroads.

"Nature is a very important destination for us, so it should be an integral part of architecture," Mu adds.

He says he hopes his practice can help return architecture from machines to everyone's own bare hands again.