See you at heritage: A new urban regeneration approach based on heritage revitalization for South Luogu Lane area, Beijing

The story of this project starts with the bad relationship between resident, tourists and the heritage sites. Firstly, local residents’ existence is not being acknowledged as part of the heritage. Secondly, tourists cannot find open heritage site easily because of excessive commercialization and unreadable space. Thirdly, there is a bad social...

Preservation for all. Transformation for new: Sustainable rehabilitation in the North of Dongsi, Beijing

Heritage plays an important role in promoting urban physical and cultural diversity, as well as social cohesion in a changing context.<br/>In the context of Beijing, Hutong is the traditional residential area consists of regularly arranged courtyards. All buildings with slope roofs reflect the traditional Chinese architectural principles. <br/...

Zutphen Sustainable City: Identity and Heritage in Urban Regeneration

As one of the medieval cities in the Netherlands, Zutphen has the most typical identity of a stronghold city: the inner city is surrounded by layers of the solid city wall, city moat and fortification. However, during inevitable city expansion, most walls were torn down and moats were filled up.<br/>The main target building in my project, St...