TouchGrass Architecture grew out of Zishi Li’s pro bono designs in northern Guangxi, China through a nonprofit founded in 2017 (Guangnan Dong Architecture & Culture Preservation Center). Working closely within the village over time, Li developed a series of small, agile architectural projects in the settlement's fabric for its Dong culture to live and evolve.

Today, the practice moves between rural regeneration and urban interiors, renewing places that already carry their own life, history, and order. Rather than operating with predetermined styles or methods, Li begins by asking what the place fundamentally needs and what is already available locally, giving existing conditions new life with precise interventions.

本植建筑源于建筑师李紫石在广西桂北的公益实践——广南侗寨古建及民俗文化保护中心。自2017年以来，建筑师深耕广南村的侗族聚落，让一系列小尺度的项目灵活介入乡村肌理，与当地侗族文化和日常生活深度交融，“本植建筑”因此萌芽。如今，事务所兼顾乡村更新与城市室内，关注那些已有自身生活、历史与秩序的场地。不预设风格手法，先探究问题本质，通过接地气的营造、有巧劲的设计，持续激发场所生命力。