Abstract
As a product of a certain era，the old community is now faced with many serious problems that cannot be completely changed, such as the simple functional structure of space, lacking of community vitality, losing of cultural characteristics and the rupture of historical context. Which make it difficult to adapt to diversified complex residential needs for today’s people. This article is based on the concept of renovation and restoration , combined with practical investigation and research, made a detailed analysis on the renewal of the residential environment of the old residential areas in Hangzhou from sociology, culture, economics and some other aspects, systematically sorted out the complex and multi-dimensional research paths, drew out work frame of “renovation of old residential area”. Furthermore, this paper through the analysis and calculation of the Mixed functional indexes such as Space Syntax, Spacematrix and MXI, studied the technical path of the renewal of the old community and put forward the feasible reconstruction strategy.
Highlights
As a product of a certain era,the old community is faced with many serious problems that cannot be completely changed, such as the simple functional structure of space, lacking of community vitality, losing of cultural characteristics and the rupture of historical context
Urban and Regional Planning 2020; 5(2): 40-49 modernizations, namely industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, optimized layout, ecological civilization, and cultural heritage, all deeply emphasize the key tasks in "double repair", such as "filling up infrastructure debts, increasing public space, improving travel conditions, transforming old communities, protecting history and culture, and shaping the style of city time" [8], which are in line with the design of optimizing and updating of old residential areas in recent years
Based on various explorative researches on the sharing of overall living space, cultivation of neighborhood emotion, satisfaction of the traffic, and the quality of life in blocks, we found that despite many problems in their internal and external space, old communities, with a strong flavor of life, enjoy a large renovation flexibility and intervention space, thanks to the particularity of their formation
Summary
“Restoration and Repair of the City” refers to an ecological, refined, and sustainable urban renewal method which guides the transformation and development of cities to solve problems, such as insufficient urban development space, poor ecological environment, and lack of social culture in the era of rapid urbanization. [1]. Urban and Regional Planning 2020; 5(2): 40-49 modernizations, namely industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, optimized layout, ecological civilization, and cultural heritage, all deeply emphasize the key tasks in "double repair", such as "filling up infrastructure debts, increasing public space, improving travel conditions, transforming old communities, protecting history and culture, and shaping the style of city time" [8], which are in line with the design of optimizing and updating of old residential areas in recent years. According to the reflection on the previous demolishment and reconstruction, as well as thinking of the severe challenges faced by the communities in their future development and the realistic problem of stock land, the design of the old communities’ upgrading needs to break through the material space level to study from the perspective of a compound environmental complex such as the "adaptive renovation" of the composite space, the "cultivation of vitality" in shared space of communities, and the "activation of local cultural capital" of the public space
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