In modern society, the infiltration of hyper-efficient and goal-oriented culture into aspects of adult life has led to enormous stress and anxiety. In contrast, the Taoist philosophy advocates antithetically for the recovery of natural self by shaking off artificialities we’ve picked up from modern life. As a manifestation of the Taoist art form, Chinese landscape paintings depict a world where experience is re-imbued into paths, developing a novel perspective to re-examine the purely functional and highly directional circulation spaces in China’s gaokao high schools. Seizing gaps in schedule, architectural opportunity is eventually formed to create pathways where students can experience the healing flow of space, time and life.