Diversity History Oriented Mixture Urban Transformation Project analyzing of Hongkou historical district, Shanghai, China

This paper took the relationship between history and development as the reflection of the culture diversity and mixed social demands, which showed the conflicts between different classes and strategies during urban transformation. The author took the urban design project in Hongkou Historical District as an example, in which laid traditional Lilong, revolution events and mixture contents of commercial streets, landmarks and modern buildings, under the context of “International Settlements of Shanghai”, explaining how the government, developers and publics focused on the culture information for their claims in a same space. As for strategy, the designers came up with a network based on history connection which consisting of culture line, functional linkage and extension areas, corresponding to three spatial forms for each actor. In conclusion, the paper emphasized the culture diversity came from continuously superimposing of history working as intangible connections which distinguished itself from mixture. In the dynamic future, the culture would be the contents forcing the space to be more affordable and adjustable as the container. People would not only rely on the breakthrough of the technology to vary their lives but also expected the urban diversity and mixture could be a way of thinking to stimulate the proposal of space both in real society and virtual world. This paper is subsidized by NSFC project named as < Research on Time and Space Elements and Expression System of "Sharing Architecture">, No. 51978468.

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