From May to July 2007, I took part in the Beijing Architectural Studio Enterprise, where I studied the ongoing transformation of Beijing's peri-urban periphery with Adrian Blackwell, a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. In collaboration with Evan Moses, I produced a presentation and manuscript entitled Other Villages, excerpts from which are shown below, which concentrated on the particular confluence of forces in the village of Cui Ge Zhuang.