RIVERSIDE TRANSFORMATION AS URBAN LANDSCAPE CASE STUDY ON THE YANGPU RIVERSIDE RECONSTRUCTION IN SHANGHAI, CHINA

Abstract

River as the natural element witness the origin of the city, promote its development and affect its form. However, with a rapid development of the city, industrial replacement and the stagnant areas have formed the blank of future development, which makes the rivers construct a new space-type remodeling urban form in a kind of urban landscape. Based on the case study of Huangpu Riverside Reconstruction in Shanghai, this paper analyzes the spatial elements, types and plasticity of the industrial heritage along the Binjiang River. During the urban development, adaptation of industrial heritage in waterfront section is discussed. The Huangpu River turns from life to production to life again and serves as a supporting resource to build new urban forms and lifestyles. In the conclusion part, the paper will compare the landscape type cases and try to illustrate the sustainable influence of the historical and cultural heritage rebuilding of the urban landscape on the type of space and the shaping of urban morphology.