Cultural Heritage Management & Urban

Development

Katrinka Ebbe

World Bank

M6: Protecting the Urban Environment and Historical and Cultural Heritage

Heritage Conservation

Strengthens Cities

Architectural Beauty Evidence of Past

Achievements Cultural Traditions Human Scale Social Connectedness

City Livability

City Livability

• Earthquake Reconstruction Project

• Traditional Infrastructure•Streets, sidewalks, bridges, canals, and buildings

Lijiang

Heritage Conservation Strengthens

Cities City Competitiveness•High Value Investments

•Small and Medium Sized Industries

•Tourism

•Civic Pride and Energy for Development

City Competitiveness• Shanghai Urban Environment

Project• “We know how to build large, modern structures. What we need now is a strategy to preserve neighborhoods that express the identity of our citizens.”

1st Step -Inventories

• Rapid Heritage Surveys

• In-Depth Surveys

You don’t know what to save until you know what you have.

1st Step - Inventories

Ningbo

• Road Widening• Project Adjustment

due to Rapid Survey

- Road Realignment - Buffer Zones

• Zhejiang Multicities Project

2nd Step - Identify Value & Significance

Aesthetic and Artistic Value

Historic Value

Scientific Value

Social Value

2nd Step - Identify Value & Significance

• Chongqing Urban Env. Pjt.

• Merchants’ Guild Halls Huguang Huiguan

• Extensive trade, Numerous immigrants

• Symbol of city identity and distinctiveness

Keys to Conservation -Authentic Preservation

State Administration for Cultural Heritage

(SACH)

• ICOMOS China Charter

• Principles for the Preservation of Cultural Relics in China

Authentic Preservation

SACHOriginal building components should be retained as far as possible.

Reconstruction, of missing buildings or parts of buildings, must be based only on historical evidence.

New and added construction must be made clearly distinguishable from the original, historic construction.

Keys to Conservation -Appropriate Settings

Buffer Zones to preserve:• Historic Scale

• View Corridors

Keys to Conservation - Adaptive Reuse

• Assessing the buildings’ value and condition

• Understanding the market for new uses

• Estimating costs of conservation, upgrading, operation and maintenance

• Calculating the potential revenues and benefits of the project.

Adaptive Reuse

ZhouzhuangShanghai

Keys to Conservation - Sustainable Tourism

Domestic Tourist Market

Protection of Historic Sites

Quality of Tourism Products

Alternatives to Mass Market Tourism

Sustainable Tourism

Le Shan Grand Buddha

Sichuan Urban Environment Project

Conclusion

Keys to Conservation (1)

• Know what you’ve got – inventories

• Know what it’s value is – historic, aesthetic, scientific, or social

• Protect authenticity – International and China standards

• Provide appropriate settings and view corridors.

• Plan for financial and functional sustainability – adaptive reuse.

• Develop and manage tourism for long-term benefits.

Conclusion

Keys to Conservation (2)