Renovation And Refurbishment Case: Dianmen Department Store

How to protect and develop Shichahai historical and cultural heritage area has always been a hot topic for academic discussion. While the project of Dianmen Department Store renovation, as an important part of the whole strategy, means a lot for strengthening the protection of traditional Beijing axis line and promoting relevant community business. Based on the analysis of and experiences accumulated from the renovation and protection of historical area of renowned cultural cities in China and abroad, this article combs in detail the project of Dianmen Department Store, an important node of phase I trial district of the “Northern axis line core protection area and Shichahai old city renovation model project”, and gives it a thorough research by using the mainstream academic model of “Organic rebuild” on the protection and renovation of an old city.In order to provide a kind of reference for the protection and development of Shichahai historical and cultural heritage area, this article looks into large amounts of case studies at home and abroad, good and bad, and tries to explore a way of protecting and extending spatial pattern and form during the rebuilding of historical community in an old city, from the perspective of planning, development and management model, the way of rebuilding and practical solution, operational and business mode, reform of landscape environment and traffic facilities etc.The article also analyzes the status quo and difficulties that may have for the rebuilding of Dianmen Department Store and makes an orientation study on the rebuilding model from the perspective of function positioning, program design and challenges facing the project. The article indicates that the rebuilding of Dianmen Department Store as a project is a case in point for the theory of organic rebuild and could be viewed as a sort of stimulus for the regeneration of the original department store. Hopefully it could provide an inspiration for similar rebuilding project in the following up construction of Shichahai historical and cultural heritage area and the development of other old city community.On top of that, the article also investigates the creative aspects arisen from the management mechanism of government being in charge and front end market being operated by wholly state owned enterprise, emphasizes the advantages and positive effects of the ideas like prioritizing planning, encouraging public involvement during the protection of Shichahai historical and cultural heritage area. And all of these would provide references in terms of management model for the works of old city rebuilding in the future.Finally, with the important nodes such as fa?ade reform, pattern optimization, transport organization, landscape design and business adjustments taken into account, the article elaborates the significance of digging and inheriting historical and cultural elements, finding a way of coordinating the construction, business and culture, resolving the conflict between large-size modern business space and the contract pattern of historical community, and balancing between business development and style protection, when the rebuilding happens to the modern commercial construction on the site of historical community, especially when the construction itself embodies a sense of identification.