Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, June 20 (reporter: Sun Liping) The 305-year-old storm of the "Merchant Marine Club" has been reopened, and it has no words to tell about the modern history of Shanghai; Shanghai, known as the "National Museum of Architecture", has recently had a number of architectural heritages that have been protected, repaired, reactivated and used, and have become rejuvenated, becoming a "net red landmark" for tourists from home and abroad.
On the 19th, the first "Shanghai Demonstration Project for the Protection and Utilization of Architectural Heritage" was announced in Shanghai. The 15 selected projects include: Chen Wangdao's old residence, Wukang Building, Old Shanghai Library, Majestic Theatre, Xujiahui Catholic Church, Shanghai History Museum, etc.
In Shanghai, the Yangpu District Library, which has undergone more than 80 years of vicissitudes, has restored glazed blue tiles and exquisite paintings through protection and restoration, attracting a large number of visitors with the distinctive beauty of Chinese classical architecture; the "red landmark" Chen Wangdao’s former residence not only restored Mr. Chen Wangdao The original appearance of the period of residence and the originals such as furniture have also ingeniously transformed the space and changed the scene to become a "Communist Manifesto" exhibition hall with exhibits everywhere.
Located on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, "Shanghai No. 1 Department Store" was formerly a new company founded in the 1930s. The overall building structure includes two old buildings, blending with the surrounding new buildings for protection and utilization. "Difficult". According to reports, the protection and repair project, which will be completed in 2021, uses the original "Cross Street" as the axis to connect the new and old buildings around, turning it into a "very pyrotechnic" business group.
At the same time, the glass curtain wall that originally affected the style of the protected building between the two old buildings was also demolished, and replaced by a creative corridor full of sculpture and open to the outdoor space, giving the old building a new look.
“The historical and cultural resources of modern architecture in Shanghai are extremely rich. Protecting the precious architectural heritage in the city is not just a static approach.” Yu Sijia, chairman of the Shanghai Modern Urban Renewal Research Institute, said that Shanghai is actively exploring the concept and “organic renewal” of the city. Methods, using historical buildings to create new landscapes in the city.