Integrating heritage assets in large commercial complexes: de-contextualization and re-signification of memory in Shanghai

《Integrating heritage assets in large commercial complexes: de-contextualization and re-signification of memory in Shanghai》

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作者: Harry den Hartog;Plácido González Martínez

来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.126,P.102601

语言: 英文

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作者单位: Tongji University (CAUP) Shanghai, China;TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft, the Netherlands;Tongji University (CAUP) Shanghai, China;TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft, the Netherlands;Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria;Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria;Department of Management, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria;School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, 210023, China;Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Exploitation and Protection, Ministry of Natural Resources, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, 210023, China;Natural Resources Research Center, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, 210023, China;School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Avenue, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210037, China;School of Sociology and Ethnology, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 102488, China;Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China;School of Public Administration, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China;Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China;School of Government, Peking University, Beijing, China;School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India;Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, 110003, India;City and Regional Planning, Çankaya University, Yukarıyurtçu Mah, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No: 4, 06790, Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey

摘要: Since early this century, multiple large-scale commercial projects in Shanghai and other Chinese cities incorporate heritage assets for the creation of new identities after de-contextualisation trough demolition of complete city blocks. This tabula rasa approach resulted in a discontinuity of the meaning and use that local communities gave to these heritage buildings and a re-appropriation by new users in a context of consumerism. This paper studies two cases in Shanghai city center: Jing An Kerry Centre and Greenland Bund Centre, where heritage buildings related to the memories of Communism, trading societies and Christianity are incorporated into high-density high-end commercial redevelopment. As we argue, the study of heritage conservation methods and urban design approaches reveals profound discontinuities in the position and meaning of heritage assets, which respond to important political and economic performance requirements. This paper puts forward two main arguments. Firstly, that the choice of heritage conservation methods and design approaches aligns with the new official narrative of the desired image of Shanghai as a prosperous global city rooted in Communism. Secondly, that the de-contextualisation of heritage assets within a new corporate urban context motivates specific heritage-related landscape, urban and architectural design responses, that contribute to their re-contextualisation in a new sanitized urban environment.