This research is based on the desire to continue the work begun on the urban design of Lishui, China, going into the project proposed in the competition phase or investigating possible alternative hypotheses. The subject was then explored in depth by working alongside lecturers Mauro Berta and Edoardo Bruno during the Architecture and Urban Design Co-Run course, born of the collaboration between the South China University of Technology and the Politecnico Of Turin. During the competition, some Professors, PhD students, and students from Politecnico di Torino and the South China University of Technology had divided the area into three main systems: agricultural valley, dwelling on the mountains, and ecological reserve.