THE MULTIPLE ROLES OF ARCHITECTS IN THE REFINED REGENERA-TION OF URBAN RESIDENTIAL LOTS:TAKING NANJING XIAOSONGTAO LANE PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE
Xiao Songtao Lane is located in the core area of Nanjing's old town.Its low-quality and high-density housing,facilities lack and safety hazards have made the value of the neighborhood gradually disappear into the densely populated and decaying environment.The complicated property relations and the different de-mands of different interest groups make its protection,regeneration and physical space renewal complex and representative.In the practice of refined urban com-munity regeneration of this site,architects pay attention to the methodology,process and participatory of this historical residential lot,and assume the multiple roles of researcher,designer,participant and coordinator.The aim of this paper is to propose a top-down controlled guiding strategies and effective practical methods with bottom-up diverse and dynamic,providing a reference for regeneration of subsequent urban residential lots.