Small is big: micro-regeneration of abandoned urban voids - reactivating community
Tutor/a - Director/a
Estudiant
Dou, Xinyi
Tipus de document
Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
Data
2022
rights
Accés obert
Editorial
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UPCommons
Resum
Over the past 30 years, Chinese cities have followed mainly a function-oriented modernist planning
approach. The rapid and large-scale urban construction mode conforms to the space production mode
under the operation of power and capital, and the urban space has undergone tremendous changes.
At the same time, it has also caused enormous damage and waste. With the continuous advancement
of modernist urbanization, China's urban space is generally in a state of contradiction and chaos. While
people are building physical spaces at an astonishing rate, they are also unconsciously producing a lot of
urban voids.
As a famous ancient city in China, Xi'an has preserved a thousand-year-old historical culture and traditional
urban pattern. As a subculture residential area, the Muslim community has distinct characteristics in the
city. Faced with such problems of urban space development, the research context and urban space
background have been established for the author's subsequent research.
In order to solve the problems of insufficient public space and unreasonable utilization of the remaining
urban space in high-density communities, the research needs to take the various spaces in the city that
have been squeezed and forgotten by functionalism as the research objects and take Urban Voids
and Urban Regeneration as the research object. Theory as the theoretical basis, in-depth study of the
emerging urban community micro-renewal urban development theory, and combined with related
theories such as Jan Gehl's City for people and David Sim's Soft City.
This research attempts to respond to some existing spatial deficiencies in urban communities through a
progressive urban micro-renewal strategy, transforming neglected spaces into spatial opportunities for
rejuvenating public life. Through the micro-renewal of different types of urban gaps in Xi'an's Muslim
communities, it becomes an emerging model of urban infill. This will stimulate urban vitality, improve the
quality of architectural space, initiate community participation, and strengthen the public sphere. The
original urban void is used as a catalyst for the development of urban space, enhancing the public nature
and well-being of the entire community.
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