CRITICAL THINKING AND TRANSCENDENCE OF URBAN SPACE HOMOGENEITY:A CASE STUDY OF WUKANG ROAD,SHANGHAI
In order to achieve the goal of Chinese path to modernization,development of urban space with high quality and identities becomes more important and urgent at the late-intermediate stage of urbanization.However,after long-term research and practice in urban design,urban regeneration,collaborative innovation of multiple actors,etc.,the urban spacial homogeneity as a problem is still not well addressed.This paper examines the spatial transformation of Wukang Road,Shanghai from homogenization to identity and then to the so-called re-homogenization,demonstrating that it is wrong to propose homogenization and identity as the problem and goal respectively in urban planning.Planning should always focus on the fundamental goal-to meet the people's needs for a better life,which requires reasonable homogeneity and excludes unreasonable heterogeneity,pursuing process and permanent identities that can enhance human well-being.Planners,in particular,must focus on this goal and get out of the monotony and paradigmization of thinking.
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