A Study on the conservation strategy of residential historical and cultural neighbourhoods under the concept of multi-factor synergistic renewal:The case of Tongxing Community in Shantang,Suzhou
As China's urbanisation process enters a critical transition period from expansion to enhancement,the conservation and renewal of old urban areas has become an important initiative for urban landscape enhancement.Residential historic and cultural districts face multiple dilemmas in the process of renewal due to their complex property rights and special spatial texture.How to achieve the sustainable development of residential historic districts,and how to achieve the balance between the protection and development of residential historic districts have become a hot topic of discussion,and this paper therefore conducts a research.Firstly,this paper summarises the dilemmas in the protection and renewal of residential historic and cultural districts,which are:neglecting the authenticity of life and insufficient participation of multiple subjects;declining vitality of the districts and serious damage to the traditional features;insufficient effectiveness of theoretical methods and lack of sustainability of development.Secondly,since residential historical and cultural neighbourhoods have natural"community"attributes,this paper introduces community building theory and multi-factor collaborative governance theory into the study.This paper elaborates the connotation of multi-factor collaborative renewal of residential historical and cultural neighbourhoods under the theory of community building in the three aspects of social life,material space,and economic and industrial aspects,and focuses on"people and culture"in the social life aspect.The social life level focuses on the creation of"people and culture",and the continuation and development of the traditional way of life of community residents.At the level of physical space,emphasis is placed on the creation of"land and scenery",and the conservation and repair of historical physical space.At the level of economy and industry,the creation of"production"is emphasised,and the development of characteristic industries in the neighbourhood is vigorously pursued.Then,this paper selects Tongxing community in Shantang,Suzhou as the research object,and analyzes the current situation of Tongxing community,which has the following three characteristics.Firstly,the aging trend is obvious at the level of demographic structure,and the neighbourhood is close,but the property rights are mixed,and the overall vitality is insufficient.Secondly,the overall appearance is relatively uniform,but the streets and lanes are not well connected,the landscape environment is lacking,the public space is insufficient,and the social interaction is restricted.Thirdly,there is a lack of excavation of regional characteristic industries,and local economic industries need to be upgraded according to the current social development.Finally,the strategy of synergistic renewal of residential historical and cultural districts is explored from five aspects:diversification of community subjects,inheritance of historical lineage,conservation of physical space,revitalisation of characteristic industries and optimisation of landscape environment.Firstly,the creation of"human beings",reasonably vacate and resettle the population,maintain the balance between new and old communities,cultivate a sense of community,and encourage the residents to participate in community governance;secondly,the creation of"culture",reshape the cultural lineage of the regional characteristics,excavate the symbols of the local history and memory,inherit the historical and humanistic elements,and revitalise the use of the non-traditional cultural heritage.Secondly,the creation of"culture",reshaping the regional characteristics and cultural lineage,excavating local historical memory symbols,inheriting historical and humanistic elements,and revitalising the use of intangible cultural heritage.Fourthly,the creation of"landscape",repairing the community's overall appearance,improving the community's municipal service facilities,systematically integrating the landscape environment,and creating the social value of public space;and fifthly,the creation of"industry",tapping the local characteristics of the neighbourhoods,creating branded cultural and creative industries,developing the community's tourism programme,and reorganizing the neighbourhood's industrial layout planning.The purpose of this paper is to explore the new transformation path of multi-factor synergistic renewal through the lens of community building theory,abandoning the previous model of single focus on rigid protection of physical space and excessive commercialisation for profit,and focusing on the revival of residents'traditional lifestyles,advocating a comprehensive conservation and renewal paradigm with the synergistic development of multi-dimensional aspects of people,culture,land,production and scenery.It explores the revitalisation and sustainable conservation and renewal of residential historic and cultural districts based on the concept of multi-factor synergistic renewal,and provides valuable exploration and demonstration for the living conservation and sustainable development of residential historic and cultural districts.
community buildingresidential historical and cultural neighbourhoodsmulti-factor synergistic regenerationphysical spacesocial life
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