Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown Historical and Cultural Block by ZUP China is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Urban Planning and Urban Design Competition Category.
IronUrban Planning· 2023
Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown Historical and Cultural Block
by ZUP China
Client: Zhejiang University Urban-Planning & Design Institute Co,.Ltd.
A' Design Award Winner in Urban Planning Category
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About Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown Historical and Cultural Block
Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown is an urban design project for a historical and cultural block in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. The plan restores waterways for black awning boats, along with historical streets and alleys, bridges and old place names. The design is inspired by the texture of traditional Chinese waterfront towns. Restored buildings retell stories drawn from novels by the writer Lu Xun. The plan also protects the interests of local residents, supports social equity and preserves the local lifestyle.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown Historical and Cultural Block is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown Historical and Cultural Block is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Renewal of Lu Xun's Hometown Historical and Cultural Block is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Lu Xun, known as Mark Twain of China, was a great humanitarian writer advocating intellectual liberation and spiritual freedom. The renewal of his hometown not only refines the design of spaces, but also cares the interests of multiple groups, ensures social equity and preserves the local lifestyle.
- Tags
- Former residences of famous people, historical and cultural preservation, renewal of traditional communities, famous tourist attractions
- Design Challenge
- The design focuses on the contradiction between historical, cultural preservation and modern urban development. It proposed a scheme that meets with many legal and regulatory requirements on height, material, color and form, and comprehensively solves the issues of safety, fire protection and traffic.
- Research
- We had made research on local history through books, archives and interviews with local scholars. We had negotiated with local people on issues include economic interests and social services to protect their best interests and improve their life quality. Ultimately, we have proposed a win-win solution for all parties.
- Inspiration
- The design is inspired by the texture of the traditional Chinese waterfront towns and cities. It restores the traditional scenes by restoring waterways for black awning boats, historical streets and alleys, bridges and old names of places. These restored architectures will retell the stories based on novels written by Lu Xun.
- Project Duration
- Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
- Team Members
- Project Leader: Sang Wanchen, Shi Tuo
Chief Planners: Liu Manyun
Planners: Yang Huiying, Wu Xiajing, Fang Junhang,Xu Jianwei,Wang Jiwu, Xu Juemin, Xu Guofeng, Yin Zhengwei, Chen Jun - Image Credits
- Copyright: ZUP
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