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Adaptive reuse of traditional Chinese shophouses in government-led urban renewal projects in Hong Kong
Highlights Highlights government-led adaptive reuse of shophouses and urban renewal plans. Examines the factors that have affected the adaptive reuse of shophouse. Explores the urban sustainability framework in the eight case studies. Provides a synthesis of the social, environmental, economic, and political considerations.
Abstract Conservationists and government authorities acknowledge that adaptive reuse of historic buildings contributes to urban sustainability. Traditional Chinese shophouses are a major historic building typology found in the old districts of Asian cities. In Hong Kong, the few remaining shophouses are generally deteriorating and are increasingly under threat of demolition for urban renewal. However, adaptive reuse of these buildings has created many social concerns. In light of these concerns, evaluating adaptive reuse potential needs to incorporate a much broader sustainability framework than simply physical building conditions. This study examines the extent to which obsolescence, heritage value and redevelopment pressures have affected the adaptive reuse of shophouse intervention in government-led urban renewal projects. Interestingly, the results based on adaptive reuse potential find no consistent relationships among the adaptive reuse actions of eight cases in urban renewal districts of Hong Kong. Instead, the question of revitalizing shophouses is determined by whether they are within an urban renewal redevelopment plan. This study further explores the broader urban sustainability framework reflected in eight case studies of shophouse revitalization in three renewal districts. It includes a qualitative synthesis of the social, environmental, economic, and political considerations contributing to the adaptive reuse of shophouses in urban renewal.
Adaptive reuse of traditional Chinese shophouses in government-led urban renewal projects in Hong Kong
Highlights Highlights government-led adaptive reuse of shophouses and urban renewal plans. Examines the factors that have affected the adaptive reuse of shophouse. Explores the urban sustainability framework in the eight case studies. Provides a synthesis of the social, environmental, economic, and political considerations.
Abstract Conservationists and government authorities acknowledge that adaptive reuse of historic buildings contributes to urban sustainability. Traditional Chinese shophouses are a major historic building typology found in the old districts of Asian cities. In Hong Kong, the few remaining shophouses are generally deteriorating and are increasingly under threat of demolition for urban renewal. However, adaptive reuse of these buildings has created many social concerns. In light of these concerns, evaluating adaptive reuse potential needs to incorporate a much broader sustainability framework than simply physical building conditions. This study examines the extent to which obsolescence, heritage value and redevelopment pressures have affected the adaptive reuse of shophouse intervention in government-led urban renewal projects. Interestingly, the results based on adaptive reuse potential find no consistent relationships among the adaptive reuse actions of eight cases in urban renewal districts of Hong Kong. Instead, the question of revitalizing shophouses is determined by whether they are within an urban renewal redevelopment plan. This study further explores the broader urban sustainability framework reflected in eight case studies of shophouse revitalization in three renewal districts. It includes a qualitative synthesis of the social, environmental, economic, and political considerations contributing to the adaptive reuse of shophouses in urban renewal.
Adaptive reuse of traditional Chinese shophouses in government-led urban renewal projects in Hong Kong
Yung, Esther H.K. (Autor:in) / Langston, Craig (Autor:in) / Chan, Edwin H.W. (Autor:in)
Cities ; 39 ; 87-98
27.02.2014
12 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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