Study on regeneration of Qilou district in Guanzhou city, China

programming of preservation, restoration and regeneration of Qilou buildings

Abstract

Qilou, built in the 1920s and the 30s, and neighboring urban residence both make particular landscape of old Guanzhou city, China. The study clarified those residential conditions including experiences of rebuilding or restoring as well as residents' living consciousness. As the administrative authorities have already become aware of the Qilou's historic values, they made efforts to preserve the Qilou and to regenerate the Qilou district. We made a proposal of rebuilding and restoring on a small scale, in spite of several serious problems preventing residential regeneration in the district.