Peitian is one of a number of isolated rural villages distributed throughout the mountainous regions of southern China. Severe flooding in early 2014 saw much of the infrastructure linking the disparate communities destroyed. This project aims to reconnect Peitian village to the historic network of routes that link these isolated settlements. Situated on the outskirts of the village, and designed to be constructed without the use of mechanical fasteners, Wind and Rain Bridge is a reciprocal interlocking timber structure which draws on the tradition of wooden buildings native to the region. Each of the bridge’s 265 elements is unique and integral, assembled under the supervision of local carpenters. The bridge creates a community space, located in the heart of the village’s fertile farmland, where local people can socialise and exchange. Opening outward towards the village, the bridge negotiates the variable terrain and provides a place of respite from Peitian’s changeable climate.