When designers conceive a new use for an historical building, "the people ought to be accommodating the building, rather than the other way around," says Yu Chao-ching. Ultimately, modern day people are just temporary custodians of these buildings.
設計師要將閒置的古蹟或歷史空間再利用，「應該是人要遷就建築，而非讓老房子來遷就現代人，」喻肇青指出，畢竟現代人也不過是老房子生命中的一個片段罷了。