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Cultural Heritage Management & Urban
Development
Katrinka Ebbe
World Bank
M6: Protecting the Urban Environment and Historical and Cultural Heritage
Heritage Conservation
Strengthens Cities
Architectural Beauty Evidence of Past
Achievements Cultural Traditions Human Scale Social Connectedness
City Livability
City Livability
• Earthquake Reconstruction Project
• Traditional Infrastructure•Streets, sidewalks, bridges, canals, and buildings
Lijiang
Heritage Conservation Strengthens
Cities City Competitiveness•High Value Investments
•Small and Medium Sized Industries
•Tourism
•Civic Pride and Energy for Development
City Competitiveness• Shanghai Urban Environment
Project• “We know how to build large, modern structures. What we need now is a strategy to preserve neighborhoods that express the identity of our citizens.”
1st Step -Inventories
• Rapid Heritage Surveys
• In-Depth Surveys
You don’t know what to save until you know what you have.
1st Step - Inventories
Ningbo
• Road Widening• Project Adjustment
due to Rapid Survey
- Road Realignment - Buffer Zones
• Zhejiang Multicities Project
2nd Step - Identify Value & Significance
Aesthetic and Artistic Value
Historic Value
Scientific Value
Social Value
2nd Step - Identify Value & Significance
• Chongqing Urban Env. Pjt.
• Merchants’ Guild Halls Huguang Huiguan
• Extensive trade, Numerous immigrants
• Symbol of city identity and distinctiveness
Keys to Conservation -Authentic Preservation
State Administration for Cultural Heritage
(SACH)
• ICOMOS China Charter
• Principles for the Preservation of Cultural Relics in China
Authentic Preservation
SACHOriginal building components should be retained as far as possible.
Reconstruction, of missing buildings or parts of buildings, must be based only on historical evidence.
New and added construction must be made clearly distinguishable from the original, historic construction.
Keys to Conservation -Appropriate Settings
Buffer Zones to preserve:• Historic Scale
• View Corridors
Keys to Conservation - Adaptive Reuse
• Assessing the buildings’ value and condition
• Understanding the market for new uses
• Estimating costs of conservation, upgrading, operation and maintenance
• Calculating the potential revenues and benefits of the project.
Adaptive Reuse
ZhouzhuangShanghai
Keys to Conservation - Sustainable Tourism
Domestic Tourist Market
Protection of Historic Sites
Quality of Tourism Products
Alternatives to Mass Market Tourism
Sustainable Tourism
Le Shan Grand Buddha
Sichuan Urban Environment Project
Conclusion
Keys to Conservation (1)
• Know what you’ve got – inventories
• Know what it’s value is – historic, aesthetic, scientific, or social
• Protect authenticity – International and China standards
• Provide appropriate settings and view corridors.
• Plan for financial and functional sustainability – adaptive reuse.
• Develop and manage tourism for long-term benefits.
Conclusion
Keys to Conservation (2)