Organic Renewal Path Of Urban Villages Based On Local Culture

The urban village has the dual characteristics of urban and rural space.It is a special phenomenon formed in the process of urbanization in China under certain social systems and specific time and space.It is also a place where urban civilization and local civilization,foreign culture and local culture are intertwined.The existing research and transformation practice in urban villages has a serious problem of ‘paying attention to matter and despising culture’.The cultural existence of urban villages has not yet attracted the attention of the planning academic community.In view of this,based on the practice and evaluation of Suzhou urban villages reconstruction,based on the concept of local culture,taking Chengwan village as an example,this paper discusses the organic renewal route of urban villages,in order to promote the Protection and inheritance of local culture in the process of urban village reconstruction.First of all,based on the definition of related concepts such as ‘culture’,‘place’,‘placeness’ and ‘local culture’,the current research progress is reviewed.Combing the process of the transformation of Suzhou Urban Villages,a brief evaluation was made.It is found that the transformation of Suzhou Urban Villages is dominated by the government.Although it has made positive progress in improving the physical environment,it lacks attention to the cultural continuity of the village.Secondly,from the perspective of ‘local culture’,the framework for the organic renewal of urban villages has been established,and the strategy of organic renewal of urban villages is proposed.The article believes that we should take the personality of urban village as the starting point,take the residents’ needs and emotions as the driving force,and take the residents as the main part to carry out multi-dimensional small-scale and dynamic renewal based on the perspective of cultural inheritance,multi-content and organic creation.Finally,taking the typical village of Chengwan village in Suzhou as an example,the cultural connotation of the daily life of urban villages is interpreted from the four phenomenological dimensions of landscape,symbol,text and perception.The study found that the landscape texture and architectural forms of the village still retain the traditional rural landscape.The local symbol level shows the coexistence of symbols of the villages in the city,such as the bridge,waterfront and Shop advertisements.At the text level,local villagers and migrants follow different living standards,and the text is quite different from the judgment of the rural era and the urban village era.In terms of perception,the local population has a greater sense of belonging,and the migrant population is more inclined to rely on the living environment of the village.Corresponding to the cultural transformationoriented urban village reconstruction path,the author proposes an organic renewal strategy for the cultural orientation of Chengwan village in the future.The renovation of Chengwan village should pay equal attention to both protection and development,promote the benign interaction between residents and localities,and adopt diversified means to activate and utilize the cultural value of villages in the city,to build a diverse and inclusive cultural environment.The transformation and upgrading of Chengwan village and the continuation of local culture will be realized through the construction of a communication platform,the consolidation of water space,the release of residents’ vitality,and the creation of an inclusive environment.