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Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41757

Type

conference item

Titre

Environmental management and urban planning: the challenge of restoring Taiwan's famous Lin House with minimal effect of the surrounding community

Langues

English

Auteurs

Lin, Wen-Chen / Yang, Long-Sher / Lin, Jin-Chen / Kang, Chung-Shin

Date

2005

Pages

9 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

restoration / town planning / re-use / setting / urban design / historic monuments / urban landscapes / town and country planning / conservation of historic monuments / historic buildings / environmental planning

Pays mentionnés

Chinese Taipei

Monuments et sites

Lin House, Taiwan

Résumé en anglais

The Lin house in Wu-feng, a class II historical relic in central Taiwan, has been widely recognized as one of the country’s foremost examples of group architecture. The Lin house in Wu-feng (located at 1. Gong-Bao-Di. 2. Jing-Xun-Lou. 3. Rong-Jing-Zhai. 4. Da-Hua-Ting. 5.Er-Fan-Chou. 6. Xin-Chou. 7. Cao-Chou. 8. Yi-Pu. 9. 28-Jian. 10. auxiliary space.) was seriously damaged by the 7.3 Richter scale earthquake that struck Taiwan on Sept. 21th 1999. In accord with Taiwan’s laws concerning publicly funded restorations, a private cultural heritage can be rehabilitated with government assistance so long as public access is provided thereafter. Such a project can pose a problem, however, for the surrounding residential and commercial community. Every effort must be taken to ensure that visitors do not disturb the tranquility and convenience of normal community life. Careful planning must be given not only to the restoration itself, but to logistical details such as parking, noise control, and the route visitors will take in accessing the Lin House.Restoring the Lin House is a vital conservation priority, but its sensitive location also raises complex questions of community relations. Our task, at the crossroads of cultural restoration and urban planning, is to balance these concerns to the benefit of both. In short, the objectives of historical preservation must be wedded to those of urban planning, so as to create a win-win situation in terms of both conservation and community.

Document joint

3-48.pdf

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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)