Converting Old Buildings In Historic Streets Into Museums:A Place Construction Study

Having experienced a period of "big demolition of building" as the leading mode of urbanization process,China gradually recognizes the risks of city over-exploitation,starts to attach importance to the old building's own value,and begins to explore its adaptive re-use design mode.The historic buildings in the historical neighborhoods carry the characteristics and memories of the times,and are closely linked to the lives of people in those regions.They are often transformed into museums,injecting vitality into the old buildings,not only does this transformation protect the material and cultural heritage,but it also reproduce the past real-life situations,thus find the memory of the past,and re-build the meaning of the place.At present,the main objects of the transformation of the old museums in our country include the celebrities' former houses and the old civil buildings in the historical blocks.They are preserved as the starting point.On the basis of " renovate old as old",they are converted into museums and concentrated on presenting local materials and intangible cultural heritage,to enhance the education of history,and promote regional culture.However,due to the weak theoretical basis and limited practical experience,the above-mentioned transformation is faced with a series of problems such as single transformation mode,lack of humanistic care and confusion of spatial intention.In order to understand and address these issues more accurately,this study explores the significance of the transformation of the old buildings into the museums from the perspective of the construction of the buildings through a large amount of data and case analyses.At the same time,according to the specific situation of our country,we put forward the main problems,the reform principles and the strategies at the present stage from the design level,and provide some reference for the design practice of this kind of architecture in the contemporary and future development process.The article first systematically combs the relevant theories such as the theory of place and the reuse of old buildings,and thinks that it is the place to protect and extend the building itself and the historical area in the historical buildings,and then classify the relevant practice at home and abroad and sum up the existing problems of our country.Second,a large number of excellent cases were analysed to explore the geographical environment,spatial form,place activities,experience the four aspects of the impact of the old building reuse,and the design needs to meet the regional integrity,spatial composition and display diversity,functional and historical memory continuity,functional space sustainability,spatial experience of the five principles of human nature.Finally,based on the influencing factors and principles,we organize the design strategy from the space to the characteristics,and let the visitors to establish a sense of direction and identity.It can be seen that the fundamental purpose of the transformation of old buildings from historic buildings to museums is to help people discover the spiritual elements embedded in old buildings and to use this element to clarify the complex relationship between man and architecture and the environment,and thus recognising the importance of integrating buildings with environments and social cultures.