Abstract
Abstract. Villages have faced many crises in modern development. The architectural heritage is gradually declining in the changing social environment and is in urgent need of conservation. The research explores the methods of combining the concept of planned preventive conservation (PPC) with public participation to propose a low-tech approach of conserving rural architectural heritage, and has achieved significant outcomes in the village architectural heritage risk survey, architectural heritage monitoring and the development and use of conservation data management platform. The model has proven to be technologically and economically feasible, but still requires the support of local governments and grassroots managers for successful implementation in rural areas. Also, the way of public participation, applicability of tools and equipment, and the effectiveness of conservation need to be improved to better provide methodological guidelines for future village architectural heritage conservation practices.
Highlights
Villages in China embody the essence of rural settlement culture
We explored the method of conserving rural architectural heritage in a systematic, low-tech and effective manner, and the possibility of public participation in the conservation process
The concept of Planned Preventive Conservation (PPC) is the guideline of this study. “ Preventive Conservation” is an advanced concept of heritage conservation originated in the early 20th century
Summary
Villages in China embody the essence of rural settlement culture. Architecture carries the richness of its history and the unique value of the rural life. While modernization has brought opportunities, it has brought new crises. Hollowness caused by the migration of the working population has led to the lack of maintenance of traditional buildings in the villages. People’s desire to improve living standards has led to imposing “new village transformation”, which has caused damages to the pattern of villages. The weak awareness of conservation, the lack of conservation funds and knowledge, and the lack of comprehensive and systematic planning, put the conservation of rural architectural heritage in a challenging situation
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