BALANCED RENEWAL STRATEGY FOR A PARADOXICAL HISTORY By Jinhui Huang
Zhongshan Road historic commercial district, the original old center (downtown) of Qingdao, had gone through recession in the last twenty years. Once known as the bustling Zhongshan Road market, Liyuan residences and German-style buildings hosting elder or low-income marginalized residents have been gradually forgotten by capitalists, the government, and the new immigrants. To avoid the tragedy of homogenizing the city and to celebrate the treasures of Qingdao, this thesis explores a new possibility of balanced renewal strategy for the Zhongshan Road neighborhood. It is not only a symbolic design tool to address the marginalized immigrants’ and older generations’ memories, but also an experimental apparatus to show the redevelopment possibilities of the Old Town bringing in tourists and citizens in other neighborhoods.
LOCATION ANALYSIS
LOCATION ANALYSIS
HISTORY PERIOD
1898
1910
1915
START
DEVELOPMENT
PROSPERITY
STAGNATION
REVIVAL
RECESSION
1897-1914
1914-1922
1922-1937
1937-1949
1949-1990
1990-
Germany Colonization
Japan Colonization (WW I)
Sovereignty Return
2nd Japan Colonization (WW II)
Former China
Contemporary
EXISITING CONDITIONS
Specialty Building Texture
Specialty Building Texture
Specialty Building Texture
Specialty Building Texture
Residence Building Texture
Crazy Retails Building Texture
Crazy Retails Building Texture
EXISITING LIYUAN
BUILDINGS COLLAGE
TARGET USERS DEMOGRAPHIC (2017)
RENEWAL STRATEGY
REUSE
REDEVELOPMENT
NEW LANDMARK
PHASE 1: REUSE
SITE
Liyuan, Qingdao VS Hutong Beijing
Liyuan, Qingdao VS Hutong Beijing
FUNCTION
EXISTING UNIT
EXISTING UNIT
REUSED UNIT
REUSED UNIT-- FACADE
PHASE 11: REDEVELOP
FACADE MATERIAL
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
FACADE DESIGN
FACADE DESIGN
PHASE 111: NEW
SITE
SITE
STREET VIEW
VIEW RELEASE
EXISTING
NEW
SITE RELEASE
new facade
new street conner
CONCEPT
PLAN 1 F
PLAN 2F
PLAN 3F
SECTION A
MASTER PLAN
FACADE STRUCTURE