Research On Regeneration Of The City Block With Industrial Heritage In Berlin

The urban inheritance of the Industrial Age is a treasure to a city. As far as preservation and reuse of the industrial heritage are concerned, a lot has been achieved. However, recent research initiatives tend to focus on the industrial heritage itself rather than on its development from the urban design perspective. Consequently, certain difficulties remain in dealing with the industrial heritage in Shanghai. On one hand, the upgraded industrial heritage signifies only the tip of the iceberg inserted within a huge city block, which remains as a closed system and is secluded from its surroundings. On the other hand, the separated renewal of different parts in the city block disrupts historically and spatially interlinkage with the industrial heritage.Shanghai and Berlin are both important former industrial cities. After extensive research on the preservation of the industrial heritage and the renewal of the city block in Berlin, six aspects for the regeneration of the heritage block have been summarized (function, connection to surroundings, combination of old and new, block structure, interfaces of the block, public spaces). Furthermore a pool of measures to realize the regeneration of the heritage block has been established. Through the selection and comparison of three typical case study objects, the implementation of these methods is illustrated.Finally, with regards to the problematic and particular situation in Shanghai, strategies for three typical cases in Shanghai are put forward drawing from the experience of the former research on Berlin,The city block is the environment of the industrial heritage and it is also a basic unit of a city. The research on regenerating the industrial heritage block stresses the value and importance of the industrial heritage for city development.