Although many attempts in trying to renovate the typology of the traditional one-story house in Beijing have been done, it is questionable if such attempts have been successful or not. Different people have different takes on the topic. Some people have a nostalgic approach on it saying that Beijing's fabric of the Siheyuans is lost, a lot of communities say that the traditional lifestyle of Siheyuan and Hutongs have been lost as well, and other people say that it has been a successful project. For example the developers of Nanchizi say that the project has had positive reactions since the houses have been occupy. Although the renovation of these traditional houses has helped with the density problem, one can see the lost in the courtyard's life of traditional one-story houses. The first image shows the courtyard of a one-story house in which it is clear to see the amount of layers added into the courtyard that depicts the life of the family that lives in it, having many different objects that make part of their lives from small pots and plants to clothes, bicycles, and a ladder. The second image which is the courtyard of a Nanchizi house (two-story siheyuan) shows how the amount of layers have been lost, yet it still shows items that show the way of living of these families, but it seems more restricted and limited. The last image which is a three-story house renovation of the traditional Beijing courtyard house shows how the layers have almost disappear and it seems as if no one would be living in these house although they all have families living in them.