During The Period Of Republic Of China Wuhan Architectural Survey And Protection Research

As a typical representative of Residential Buildings during the republican period inWuhan–Lifen Building, of whose research, due to its unique living forms in Wuhan with itsgeographical particularity, foreign experts and scholars wrote little about it. There are richresearch fruits and practical experience about protection and development of traditionalresidential form during the update process of the Old City. Dilapidated housings which causea recession during the urban construction for a long time, and residential areas with poormunicipal facilities and qualities exist in Wuhan. In order to restore their vitality and makethem useful, adjusting the original structure, making up for shortage of material and adjustingpopulation distribution to improve the environment, revitalize the economy and improvequality of life which we call "urban reconstruction" is a must. It is a problem worthy of studythat how to protect traditional cultural heritage of the city during Urban Renewal. We shoulddraw lessons and experience of the renewal and reconstruction of old buildings abroad.In the investigation of status quo of Wuhan Lifen Buildings, there may be the cases thatsome buildings are shared by multi-families for a long time or have been opened up forcommercial purposes which leading to extensively interior man-made changes or theappearance of these buildings are covered by illegal constructions which result in incorrectappearances of the original buildings, which in return affect the follow-up protection. It isplanned to get access to the original graphic information and in-depth field investigation asmuch as possible. At the same time, some buildings less destructed and close to the originalappearances are chosen to be investigated. As to those of which some parts are difficult toknow, visits to the owners to know as much as possible about the original buildings isnecessary.During the submitting of subsequent transformation scheme, as it relates to theadjustment of internal spatial structure and add of facilities to cater for the needs of modern life or commerce, which result to strengthen, reinforce, and a small amount of alteration of themain part of these buildings. Some part of professional knowledge of construction is not yetabtained that may cause problems of reconstruction and design. It is planned to put forwardsome more practical and feasible rehabilitation programs through referring to the existingsuccessful examples, drawing on experience at home and abroad, looking up some relevanttechnical information and combining the transformation with practice.The protection and update value of Lifen Buildings in Wuhan, is the subject whichrequires to explore according to social economic development and changes of social structuralsystem. The content of the subject consists of not only the historical awareness of Lifen, butalso the research of its future development patterns, not only the existing form of the buildingitself ,but also the heritage of the cultural connotation. The text focuses on detailed researchof Lifen and draws some relatively successful examples of traditional residence protection,putting forward the blueprint of reconstruction value of Lifen.