The Research On The Characteristics Repair And Protection Of Traditional Arcade In Guangzhou

In the lexicon,arcade is an architectural form of a storied building adjacent tostreets in rainy and torrid south area．Their underside parts are the colonnade or thesidewalk in order to avoid rain and overshadow and pass by，and their floor parts areover the sidewalk．Arcade is a form of construction with the typical regional cultural characteristicsthat formed in the19th century to the beginning of20centuries. It’s also therepresentative of the modern commercial street in Guangzhou. Arcade-house hasformed its own unique style and artistic features slowly in the blending of the Chineseand western culture. Because this kind of building has many advantages, then itspread very quickly. Guangzhou as the birthplace of Chinese modern,arcade has anirreplaceable position.In addition, Guangzhou as an international metropolis with complex forms, it’sform is already continuous complete, and complex. arcade and arcade-street formedits own characteristics in specific geographical environment and historical change. Itis an indispensable part of Chinese historical and cultural treasure. They formed thecharacteristics of the important coordinates in Guangzhou, and mapping the oldpeople’s memory of that city. Their memory, their characteristics, and the compositionare extremely rich and precious urban texture.To study the characteristics of thetraditional arcade in Guangzhou, we need to study from the nature condition,historical and cultural conditions and social background of economy in Guangzhou,explore the essence of traditional agriculture Guangzhou inherent characteristics.Thentry to explore the essence of traditional inherent characteristics of the arcade inGuangzhou.With the development of society and economic, Chinese urban developmentfaced more serious challenges. Urban renewal as a line of a big city appearphenomenon in the period of China. It is on an unprecedented scale in each city of ourcountry. In the modernization of Guangzhou, because of the city’s expansion,congestion, the change of life style and many restricted factors, arcade facedunprecedented destruction, which make this with the regional characteristic todevelop and continue the produced faults. How to continue the cultural contexts ofarcade and arcade street settings, and renaissance traditional commercial blocks, have become a question that we urgently need to be explored. We should protect arcade andarcade street to realize this unique form of construction from the history ofarchitecture, citizens culture, regional characteristic of the present situation and thecharm of the display.This article focuses on the arcade’s historical origin, present situation, anddomestic and foreign overhang of building protection for arcade research.Through theintroduction of repairing or concreting measures to protect the arcade in Guangzhou,we can provide a new idea, and a new way of arcade’s sustainable development. Andprovide constructive suggestions about the arcade protection in other cities or the cityrenaissance.This paper is devided into six chapters. The first chapter is the introduction. Inthis part, the author introduced the background of the subject, the significance of theresearch, regional characteristics, and the framework of this paper. In the secondchapter, the author introduced the general situation of arcade of Guangzhou.In the third chapter, the author introduced the practices and policies on repairingthe commercial street in domestic and foreign, which inspired us to protect arcade. Inthe fourth chapter, the author introduced the methods and measures setting aboutrepairing the arcade in Guangzhou. The author introduced separately from thedestruction of the setting, evaluation methods of history or charge and structures ofreinforcement measures, maintenance and repair of the construction component. Thefifth chapter introduced the author’s work practice of the contact in some caseanalysis and description. Chapter6is the epilogue, the author summarized the fulltext, and put forward design strategy and advice of the arcade protection andsustainable development in the future.