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Réf.
41468
Type
conference item
Titre
Memories Bring in Spirits: Adaptive Reuse of a Villa in Shanghai1
Langues
English
Auteurs
Qing, Mei / Man, Luo
Date
2008
Pages
8 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
spirit of place / architects / adaptive re-use / historic buildings / intangible heritage / memory / villas
Pays mentionnés
China
Monuments et sites
Shanghai, China
Résumé en anglais
This article explores the relations between spirit and existence ofa place, by focusing on a villa designed by a foreign architect in modern
Shanghai. The main argument is that the spirits of a place hand down togenerations based on people’s memories; and vice versa, the adaptive reuse
of a place will refresh the memories that carry the spirits. It also examineshow the spirits of the architects, the clients as well as the users have
enhanced the meaning of this building, so that it has stood a good deal ofwear, and has transformed through the adaptive reuse. The paper will close
with a discussion on the strategic procedures regarding the sustainability ofsuch kinds of villas under the development pressure nowadays.
Shanghai. The main argument is that the spirits of a place hand down togenerations based on people’s memories; and vice versa, the adaptive reuse
of a place will refresh the memories that carry the spirits. It also examineshow the spirits of the architects, the clients as well as the users have
enhanced the meaning of this building, so that it has stood a good deal ofwear, and has transformed through the adaptive reuse. The paper will close
with a discussion on the strategic procedures regarding the sustainability ofsuch kinds of villas under the development pressure nowadays.
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