Sustainability issues in the industrial heritage adaptive reuse: rethinking culture-led urban regeneration through Chinese case studies

《Sustainability issues in the industrial heritage adaptive reuse: rethinking culture-led urban regeneration through Chinese case studies》

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关键字: Adaptive reuse; Culture-led regeneration; Cultural creative industry; Industrial heritage; Urban sustainability; CREATIVE CITIES; ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT; CITY; CLUSTERS; SHANGHAI; POLICY

作者单位: [Niu, Shaofei; Shen, Zhongwei] Southwest Jiaotong Univ, Sch Architecture & Design, Chengdu 611756, Sichuan, Peoples R China. [Niu, Shaofei; Lau, Stephen Siu Yu] Natl Univ Singapore, SDE, 4 Architecture Dr, Singapore 117566, Singapore. [Lau, Sunnie Sing Yeung] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Architecture, Knowles Bldg,Pokfulam Rd, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. Lau, SSY (reprint author), Natl Univ Singapore, SDE, 4 Architecture Dr, Singapore 117566, Singapore. E-Mail: shaofeisophia@gmail.com; akilssy@nus.edu.sg; szw@home.swjtu.edu.cn; Sunnielau@gmail.com

摘要: Targeted at the fragility of culture-led regeneration as a result of market frustrations and policy instability, the paper proposes a sustainable perspective to re-examine the prospects of culture-led urban regeneration projects at the local level through the taxonomy of three signatures-The Beijing 798 Art Zone, The Shanghai M50 and The Guangzhou Xinyi International Club are chosen as different, yet representative cases of industrial heritage transformed creative clusters. By comparing the development trajectories and statuses of these pioneer culture-led regeneration projects, the paper reveals the mechanism and confirms the model of practice for the reincarnation of industrial heritage by creative clusters in the local context of the cities. Ultimately, the analysis of this model indicates that the reuse of industrial heritage is an effective approach in response to the cultural demands of the post-industrial era; however, it brings forth the inevitable challenges beyond economic dimension, from a sustainability perspective. The analysis further identifies those underlying reasons of unsustainability and provides recommendations in order to explore the full potential of the "cultural value" of urban regeneration.