SHORT DESCRIPTION
Following the adverse urban redevelopment projects in Shanghai, traditional neighborhoods of the Hongkou district were introduced to the HUL for conserving the elaborate history of local development. Incorporating public participation and various stakeholders within the local development projects yielded new steps for the continuity of this historic urban landscape.
POPULATION
10,200 in district scale
LAND AREA
63.57 ha (0.6357 km²)
KEY CHALLENGES
The need to improve poor facilities in historic buildings
Social and economic recession
Urban redevelopment
TIMELINE
2006 – on-going
HERITAGE PROTECTION
International, National and Local regulation.
MAIN PARTNERS
The sub-district office [leading partner]
University of Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
MAIN ACTIVITIES
[2014] UPenn/Tongji/WHITRAP Summer Fieldwork
[2016] The local traditional residential houses and industrial constructions, which cover 11 neighbourhoods in total, were included into the Conservation List of Shanghai Historic Neighbourhoods.
MAIN RESOURCES
UPENN-WHITRAP Summer Programme Report – Cluster of 8 lilong along the Hongkou River Pilot Site
COMMUNITY
Junlie Chen
Jianzhong Li
Yannin Li
Huachen Shao
Ron Van Oers
Lin Wang
Xi Wang
Shuang Wu
Fred Young
Sarah Blitzer
Jennifer Carr
Caroline S. Cheong
Mary Feitz
Erin Guerra
Kira Hibbert
Amanda Mazie
Marie Suvansin
Audrey R. von Aherns
Catherine Blair Winter
GO-HUL 