From Space Production to Place-Making:Enlightenment from the Renewal Process of Zhongshan Road Historical District in Qingdao
Urban renewal in historical districts is a cutting-edge and important field in the development of Chinese cities.This study focuses on the renewal process of the Zhongshan road historical block in Qingdao from 1990 to the present.With the help of long-term case tracking research methods,the analysis framework is based on the interaction between spatial production and local construction,focusing on data from interviews,on-site inspections,and literature.Research has found that the renewal of Zhongshan road can be understood as spatial production led by power and capital,and its process can be divided into five stages:nowhere,symbolic place,imagined place,declining place,and new place.Local construction can counteract spatial production,allowing the subject of spatial production to continuously adjust production strategies and methods.The main theoretical contribution of the study is to introduce local construction into the analytical framework of spatial production,providing effective reflection for the practice of historical district renewal.
space productionplace-makinghistorical districturban renewal