The West Guizhou Lilong Neighborhood Project Received 2022 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

BANGKOK, 26 Nov 2022 - The West Guizhou Lilong Neighborhood, Shanghai, China, has received the Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. 13 projects from 6 countries - Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal and Thailand - have been acknowledged for awards by an international jury in this year’s Awards programme.

Project Profile

The West Guizhou Lilong project is commended for applying thoughtful contemporary design to strengthen the social and urban fabric of a historic district in Shanghai. The project adopted a bottom-up approach to understand the needs of local residents before conceptualizing subtle new architectural and streetscape proposals for upgrading communal facilities. The micro-interventions in the dense neighborhood contribute to placemaking that successfully improves the well-being of the community. The use of nature-based solutions such as green canopies demonstrates an eco-friendly approach to contemporary urban infrastructure design in historic environments. The low-cost, high impact project provides inspiration for sustaining historic neighborhoods in the face of major urbanization and gentrification pressures through contextual new design schemes.

More information about this project is available here: https://www.gooood.cn/micro-regeneration-projects-in-west-guizhou-lilong-china-by-tm-studio.htm

Photos from TMStudio.

Source: <https://bangkok.unesco.org/content/2022-unesco-asia-pacific-awards-cultural-heritage-conservation-announcement-winners>

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Edited by Mengyuan Jia