The Research On Micro-reframe Of Old Community Informal Public Space

With the emphasis of Chinese urban development shifting from incremental expansion to inventory,renewal of old community is thriving throughout the country.A typical renewal process is generally carried out under the guidance of the official planning process,developed by government officials and professionals following the traditional planning theory.However,such "top-down" approach failed to recognize the "grass-root" development of the public spaces,nor attempted to understand the daily routine of residents,therefore resulted in the destruction of diversity of the public spaces in the old community.To further understand this issue,the author dives into the daily life of the residents to apprehend their role in shaping the public spaces,and how theses "non-design" elements affect the public spaces in the old community.As a result of the study,the author proposes a "low-impact" renewal process,with retaining the maximum portion of the old community in mind,sought to guide the development of informal public space efficiently,by dissolving and connecting them with the formal public spaces.The study consists of three sections.The first section sought to identify the issues lie within the "top-down" renewal approach through introspection,while also explores how these informal public spaces were formed and why they still exist,by applying the Space Production Theory from Lefebvre.This section also contains analyses of location,scale,and interface,by sampling and categorizing public spaces in the eight old community from Wuhan.The second section emphasizes on setting goals,identifying strategies,and building the framework of the "low-impact" micro-reframe renewal process,by pinpointing the negative impacts of the informal public spaces,applying the Cooperative Planning Theory and Community Governance Theory,and designing public engagement.The third,also the last section,sought to apply the aforementioned renewal process and strategies to the real world,using Ganghua 120 Community in Wuhan as an example,to testify its feasibility.