Sharing Waterfront

Industrial Heritage along Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9263-89-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Creativity, Heritage and the City

Focusing on Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek, this book examines waterfront industrial heritage from a socio-spatial perspective. It approaches the waterfront not as a collection of isolated relics, but as an evolving urban landscape shaped by changing planning ideas, production relations, and forms of public access. Drawing on sustained research into Suzhou Creek’s waterfront industrial heritage, the book develops the concept of as both an analytical framework and a design vision for urban regeneration. It argues that waterfront industrial heritage should become a shared urban landscape, understood through five interrelated qualities: diachrony, permeability, time-sharing, diversity, and everydayness. Tracing the transformation of Suzhou Creek’s waterfront from a production-oriented industrial landscape into an increasingly open civic landscape, the book offers a new way to connect heritage conservation with public life, urban design, and adaptive reuse. It will be of particular interest to graduate students, researchers, and professionals in architecture, urban design, urban history, heritage studies, and planning. Its key strengths lie in three areas: a distinctive socio-spatial approach to industrial heritage; a Shanghai-based case study with broader relevance to post-industrial waterfront regeneration; and a clear conceptual and design framework for turning former production sites into shared civic space.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhu, Yichen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Waterfront Industrial Heritage as Shared Urban Landscape.- Chapter 3: The Current State of Industrial Heritage Regeneration on Both Banks of Suzhou Creek.- Chapter 4: A Chronicle of Industrial Heritage Regeneration on Both Banks of Suzhou Creek.- Chapter 5: How to Share: Five Dimensions of Sharing in Waterfront Industrial Heritage.- Chapter 6: Shared Waterfront: The Future of Industrial Heritage along Suzhou Creek.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Chapter 8: Appendix.- Chapter 9: Reference.- Chapter 10: Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Zhu Yichen is an assistant professor in the Architecture Department at Tongji University’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP). With academic and professional expertise in both architecture and landscape architecture, her research interests encompass urban regeneration, waterfront industrial heritage, landscape heritage, shared architecture, and architectural typology. She is leading one NSFC Youth Program grant. Authored the monograph Sharing Waterfront: Suzhou Creek Industrial Heritage Narrative (Tongji University Press, 2022).

She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from South China University of Technology, a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Doctor of Architecture from Tongji University. Dr. Zhu has professional experience in Boston, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, where she has contributed to various design projects, including the Landscape Design for the Qingguo Historic Zone in Changzhou and the masterplan for the regeneration of Zhangyan Village. Additionally, she is a LEED ND AP, certified as a Green Community Associate by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Currently, Dr. Zhu is involved in teaching design courses for both undergraduate and graduate students in architecture. She is also actively involved in teaching for the international summer camp and participates in international collaboration programs.