El proceso de transformación de la calle en la trama histórica de la ciudad de Hangzhou

El trabajo aborda las transformaciones de una área del centro histórico de la ciudad de Hangzhou desde el anàlisis de un elemento urbano significante en la cultura urbana china como es la calle. El análisis específico del nuevo Distrito de negocios, vecino al lago del Oeste, se plantea desde diferentes escalas urbanas y una visión sobre los acontecimientos históricos que configuraron el perfil de la ciudad desde la segunda mitad del siglo XIX hasta la actualidad.

A diagram of public spaces within urban landscape as a strategy for sustainable urban planning in Chinese cities

Destruction of historical urban fabric in many Chinese cities and towns, without the possibility of its recovery as an urban asset, leads us to consider alternative strategies and criteria for formulating new urban projects, using creative urban planning instruments and strategies to provide a sense of place and identity to the urban landscape. The challenge is to set up an urban structure that constitutes a spatial reference system, a structure consisting of a set of urban landmarks that construct a system of related public spaces, endowed with collective significance and identity. Such a network could include a wide variety of urban typologies and natural elements. An important result of this strategy would be the recovery of the social and cultural values attached to the natural landscape in Chinese civilization. Hangzhou city will be analyzed as a case study